Gillian Gold was found guilty of force-feeding children at Country KidsNursery in West Linton, in the Scottish Borders. Her daughter owns thenursery and Ms Gold worked there for more than two years.
Ms Gold denied the charges but was convicted and fined 1,000.
During the three-day trial, parents of children at the nursery spoke indefence of Ms Gold.
However, Peebles Sheriff Court heard from former and current nurserystaff that Ms Gold had forced children's heads back to feed them.
Nursery worker Caroline Hall told the court that a baby 'was sick allover the place' after having milk poured into its mouth. Another worker,Nicola Hogg, claimed that Ms Gold restrained children and caused them tochoke (News, 12 June).
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