Supreme Court finds two babysitters guilty of abuse

By Chang Wen-chuan and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the guilty verdict for two sisters who caused the death of an infant boy under their care, sentencing one to life in prison and the handing the other 18 years.The ruling cannot be appealed.Babysitters Liu Tsai-hsuan (劉彩萱) and Liu Jo-lin (劉若琳) had abused an 18-month-old boy, nicknamed “Kai Kai” (凱凱), to death from Sept. 1 to Dec. 23, 2023, the court said. Babysitter Liu Tsai-hsuan, center, is remanded in custody following a preparatory hearing at the Taipei District Court on March 19 last year. Photo: Tu Chien-jung, Taipei Times Liu Jo-lin had repeatedly struck the child with her hands and blunt objects, the verdict said.The sisters also tied and blindfolded