
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, April 6, 1995                   TAG: 9504110029
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: LEESBURG                                 LENGTH: Short

NANNY MAKES PLEA AGREEMENT

A Dutch nanny acknowledged Wednesday that the evidence was strong enough to convict her of misdemeanor child abuse in the shaking death of a Loudoun County infant.

Anna-Corina Peeze, 19, entered the plea after lawyers said neither the au pair nor the parents of Brenton Scott Devonshire could bear to go through her retrial on a felony charge.

Sobbing ``I didn't do it,'' Peeze nevertheless agreed to enter the plea rather than risk conviction on a charge of involuntary manslaughter and up to 10 years in prison.

The plea agreement required Peeze to return to Amsterdam immediately and begin serving 12 months of probation there. She left the Washington area Wednesday and was to arrive in the Netherlands today.

Under the terms of the plea, Peeze did not admit committing any offense but acknowledged that the evidence was strong enough to convict her of the misdemeanor charge. The agreement requires her to report regularly to the Dutch government's probation service and receive psychological counseling. It also forbids her to care for children for two years.

Keywords:
FATALITY

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