Drunk woman molested boy aged nine
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by Paul Hooper
A nine-year-old boy was kissed and
sexually molested by a drunken woman in a Herne Bay store.
The bizarre incident happened in front of the child's horrified
mother and supermarket staff, a court heard.
But former kindergarten worker Iwona Sanigorska, 48, offered no
explanation for her outrageous behaviour.
And now she has been given a suspended jail sentence - and
ordered to stay away from the store and nearby area for five
years.
Polish-born Sanigorska, of Avenue Road, Herne Bay pleaded guilty
to sexually assaulting a child.
Francesca Levett, prosecuting, told Canterbury Crown Court how
in April last year at about 7pm the victim's mother was at one of
the store's check-outs.
"The defendant was ahead of them purchasing vodka," she said.
"Later the boy went to the end of the aisle where Sanigorska was
and began talking to the boy.
"She asked him his name and held out his hand in a way that the
mother later described as being similar to how in olden days a lady
would expect to be kissed by a gentleman."
"Get your hands off him. You do not touch a child like that…” – victim's mother
Miss Levett said she then rubbed the boy's hair and told him
that he was cute.
"It all appeared at that stage to be friendly and innocent and the
boy began laughing.
"But soon he and his mother began feeling uncomfortable and
other people saw Sanigorska kissing the boy on the lips."
A supervisor then took Sanigorska out of the supermarket - as
the child became upset and started making "spitting sounds and
wiping his mouth".
But within minutes she returned and sexually assaulted the child
- finally pinching the child's bottom.
The mother then shouted: "Get your hands off him. You do not
touch a child like that!"
Staff then ejected her for a second time while she was shouting
"What have I done wrong?" and claiming she had worked with children
for 25 years.
Store staff then followed her to her home address and reported
the incidents to the police.
Sanigorska later told officers: "I know what this is about...I
love children. I said 'kiss,kiss'."
Said she was drunk when she went to the store and in drink "I
simply love everybody."
Ian Bond, defending, said "It wasn't a sexually motivated act.
She has never had any sexual attraction to children.
"Her behaviour can only be explained by her inebriation. It is a
rather bizarre case but she says she has no desire to harm
children."
Sanigorska was given a 36-week jail sentence - suspended for two
years - and ordered to take a six month course to tackle her
alcoholism and is now on the Sex Offender's Register for 10
years.
Friday, January 27 2012
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