A prosecutor’s investigation was triggered by parents’ complaints that two babysitters in her municipal kindergarten Alexandroupolis they implemented the isolation of infants as a didactic measure. The prosecutor ordered a preliminary investigation to determine whether criminal acts such as endangering a minor are established. In this context, the deputy mayor responsible for the nurseries and the director of the municipal nurseries have been called to testify in the first phase.

In addition to the criminal investigation, it was ordered by the mayor of Alexandroupolis Yannis Zamboukis, disciplinary investigation against the two childcare workers involved who have already been placed on leave. According to the lawyer Menia Polychronithe case made its way to the Court of Justice following a verbal report by the parents of a toddler for confining the children in a closed storage area without natural lighting and locking the room with an external latch.

As explained by Mrs. Polychroni, who represents several parents of children in the said section of the nursery school, “the first report triggered more, almost from all the parents, initially verbal and then followed by written complaints both to the mayor and to the District Attorney of Alexandroupoli ».