World News 02-10-1999 British Nanny Sentenced to 25 Years who: British nanny Manjit Kaur Basuta what: Sentenced for shaking 13-month-old Oliver Smith to death where: San Diego when: Yesterday snippet: The Guardian, Times and Independent all lead with the sentencing in San Diego of British nanny Manjit Kaur Basuta who was convicted in June of shaking 13-month-old Oliver Smith to death. Judge William Kennedy noted that Basuta had "a dark side to her character". A mother of three, reveals The Times, Basuta "was born in India but holds British citizenship and had worked as a nurse in Ascot." She moved to the USA in 1989 when her husband took a job as an executive with a communications firm. "She opened a day nursery at the $750,000 home they bought in San Diego," reports The Guardian. According to recent California law, notes The Times, "anyone who assaults a child under eight using force likely to produce great bodily injury must serve at least 25 years". [... more]

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