Threw her on the mattress, covered and suffocated her: back to the chilling moments when Yasmin Vineta's life was cut short
The abuse case at the Ariel daycare brings back the story of toddler Yasmin Vineta, who was killed in 2018 at the 'Masha and the Bear' daycare. Cameras documented the assistant Inna Skibienko throwing her on a mattress, covering her with a blanket, and lying on her until she suffocated. Skibienko was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 17 years in prison.
The abuse case uncovered at the Ariel daycare brings back the story of toddler Yasmin Vineta, who was killed in 2018 at the 'Masha and the Bear' daycare following abuse by assistant Inna Skibienko. Daycare cameras documented Skibienko, then 23, lifting Yasmin forcefully, throwing her onto a mattress, covering her with a thick blanket, and lying on her while using her mobile phone. Yasmin tried to free herself and lift up, but the assistant continued to apply pressure, preventing her from moving and breathing. About two hours later, when another assistant tried to wake her, it became clear she was no longer alive. In January 2019, Skibienko confessed as part of a plea deal and was convicted of manslaughter and assaulting nine other toddlers. In July 2019, the Lod District Court sentenced her to 17 years in prison, 18 months suspended, and compensation of 120,000 shekels. The article is written against the backdrop of a serious indictment, about 100 pages long, filed yesterday by the prosecution against the director of the 'Luchik' daycare, Natalia Kislevsky, and two caregivers, Darina Khalupa and Anna Pagelsky. The indictment details cruel punishment methods, including suffocating toddlers to prevent them from moving, tying them with cloth and blankets with their arms bound to their bodies, placing them on their stomachs, and force-feeding them while restrained. According to the indictment, the accused locked toddlers in a closed, dark room for extended periods without supervision, ignoring their cries, and sometimes carried out their actions in the presence of other toddlers who watched.