Murrells Inlet Nanny Pleas Guilty of Abusing 5 Month Old Baby

61 year old Murrells Inlet nanny, Cheryl White, today pled guilty to two counts of abusing a 5 month old in March 2008.

White was charged with child abuse after the parents of the child showed a videotape from a nanny cam to investigators. The parents originally decided to set up the nanny cam after watching a Nancy Grace TV show about child abuse.

Horry County jurors listened to opening arguments yesterday and watched 2 hours of the six hour vhs tape but today they never heard any testimony before White pleaded guilty.

The judge, Circuit Court Judge Larry Hyman, sentenced White to 10 years on each count but suspended the sentence to five years probation.

The Murrells Inlet nanny was also ordered by Hyman to register with the South Carolina Department of Social Services abuse registry. The registry is a lifetime register for the state’s child abusers.

Murrells Inlet Nanny Accused of Child Abuse-Jurors Selected

12 Horry County South Carolina residents were seated as jurors today and will decide the case of a Murrells Inlet nanny charged with abusing a baby in her care.

Cheryl White, 61 was charged in March 2008 with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and unlawful child neglect after the parents of the child showed a videotape from a home surveillance nanny cam to authorities.

The father of the then 5 month old baby girl, Wesley Locklair, set up the hidden camera after watching a Nancy Grace TV show about nanny abuse

Locklear and his wife, Leslie, hired the Murrells Inlet nanny about 10 weeks before the incident after interviewing several other nannies and running a background check on White.  The background check came back clean.

The Locklears, like so many other parents, thought having a home nanny would be much more beneficial to their baby than a day care facility. They said they suspected something was wrong when they came home early a few times and the baby was lying on the floor in front of the TV.

Here is the video below of Nancy Grace interviewing the father on CNN.