Lyam, 2 years old, was found by his parents with a swollen face when they picked him up from the crèche in Aubervilliers. An investigation has been opened at the Aubervilliers police station.
Bumps, bruises and “holes in the neck and armpits“. Here is what the parents of little Lyam, 2 years old, discover when they pick him up at the Petits Chaperons Rouges crèche in Aubervilliers in Seine-Saint-Denis. “Our son was disfigured, he barely spoke when he is usually very expressive when his mother comes to pick him up. That day he was in shock “, says Sébastien Cousin, the dad.
“When my partner arrived at the crèche, she was given two versions of what had happened. passé with Lyam“, explains the father. The director of the establishment would have mentioned scratches from another child. A childcare assistant would speak of bites, made by a playmate of the little boy. The parents accuse the employees of the establishment of having mistreated their child.
“On informed us that the children had been left unsupervised in the dorms at nap time. The educational team would have found him with these injuries”, explains Lyam’s dad.
On leaving the nursery, Sébastien Cousin, an employee of the town hall in Aubervilliers, goes with his son to the deputy director general of the early childhood services of the municipality. “The manager with whom I made an emergency appointment advised me to go see a doctor to understand the origin of the injuries “, he declares.
Sébastien Cousin then takes his son to the family doctor to have his injuries recorded. “The doctor immediately spoke of bruises, but no scratches or bites“. This Wednesday, the parents who live in Oise took the child to the Simone Veil hospital in Beauvais on the advice of the practitioner for additional examinations.
The report seen by France 3 Paris Île-de-France indicates that Lyam “just had a head injury“and ask”monitoring“of the evolution of his condition over a few days.
The father of the child claims that “For several nights he has had trouble sleeping. He wakes up with a start and tells us that he is in pain. It is difficult to make him think of anything else.“. Pain that also penalizes him in terms of autonomy. “He can no longer dress and undress himself“, laments his dad. He also indicates that his son has not returned to nursery since the incident. “We don’t want to put it back until we know what happened“.
The day after factsthe parents filed a complaint against the crèche. The report drawn up by the Aubervilliers police station mentions “aggravated violence” and “violence on a minor under the age of 15”.
The document also certifies that the victim was injured “with bare hands“. This information was then sent to the Bobigny court.
For its part, the City of Aubervilliers affirms that “it’s the first time“that such a case has been brought to his attention and explains”work with all parties to understand this situation“.
At the microphone of France 3 Paris Île-de-France, the management of the crèche affirms that it supports its teams. She also maintains that the injuries of the little boy are due “to bites from another child“. The director explains that she informed the town hall as soon as she became aware of the facts. Finally, she specifies that her team “take the situation seriously“and bring his”family support”. An internal investigation was launched jointly by the Town Hall and the childcare establishment according to the services of the Town Hall.
