The Basic Court in Ferizaj, through a press release, announced that today it has pronounced a guilty verdict against educator MA, due to the criminal offenses of child abuse or abandonment under Article 243 paragraph 1 in connection with Article 77; slight bodily injury under Article 185 paragraph 1, subparagraph 3.1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo (CCRK).
The Juvenile Department, presided over by Judge Shabi Idrizi, after holding the trial and administering all personal and material evidence, found the defendant MA guilty and sentenced her for the criminal offense of child abuse or abandonment under Article 243 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 77 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo (CCRK) with a prison sentence of eleven months, which sentence will be executed after this judgment becomes final, as well as for the criminal offense of slight bodily harm under Article 185 paragraph 1 sub-paragraph 3.1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo with a prison sentence of six (6) months, for which, with the consent of the defendant, the sentence was replaced with a fine in the amount of six thousand (6.000.00) €.
Pursuant to Article 76, paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code, the defendant was sentenced to a single sentence of imprisonment for a period of eleven (11) months, in which sentence the time spent under house arrest will be counted, as well as a fine in the amount of six thousand (6.000.00) €. Also, pursuant to Article 63, paragraph 2 in conjunction with paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code, the defendant was sentenced to an additional sentence of prohibition from exercising the profession, activity or duty of an educator for a period of five (5) years.
As the Court announces, the defendant MA is accused of having abused her rights as an educator, entrusted with the care, education and upbringing of two 2-year-old children, on November 4, 2025 and November 5, 2025, continuously, in the time interval from 09:00 to 14:30 in a kindergarten "M." in Ferizaj, the defendant abused her rights as an educator, entrusted with the care, education and upbringing of two 2-year-old children, that is, she intentionally mistreated them by using physical and mental measures, by forcibly forcing them to sleep, by pushing, pulling by the hair and slamming the injured parties - the children - on the floor, with which action she subsequently committed the criminal offense of child abuse or abandonment under Article 243 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 77 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo.
The Court also indicates that on November 5, 2025, between 09:00 and 14:30 in Ferizaj, in a kindergarten "M." in Ferizaj, the defendant intentionally attacked a two-year-old injured child, a vulnerable victim, who had been entrusted to her care, education and care, in such a way that she grabbed him by the hair and pulled him, damaging - pulling out his hair and damaging the skin on that part of his head, causing minor bodily injuries - a condition after a contusion (sprains) on the head, these injuries described in the medical - forensic expertise report dated November 25, 2025, with which act she committed the criminal offense of minor bodily injury under Article 185 paragraph 1, subparagraph 3.1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo.
"Against this judgment, the parties have the right to appeal within thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of the judgment in written form. The appeal shall be addressed to the Court of Appeal in Pristina, through the Basic Court in Ferizaj", the Court announces.
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