"I thought she would be placed under judicial supervision," says the lawyer for the plaintiffs after a pre-school teacher who beat a three-year-old in class at a Paris nursery school was released from police custody. According to Vanessa Edberg, who "now hopes for an administrative investigation", the little girl "will not return to school for two months" on the advice of psychologists. A video showing the incident sparked a wave of outrage in France after it went viral. Filmed by a parent present at the school in central Paris, it shows the girl standing next to a knocked-over chair and crying. The teacher approaches, grabs the girls' arm, yanks her around and slaps her hard on the back. The girl then runs away, and the teacher goes about her usual business in class. The incident happened on September 3, the day after French pupils returned to school after the summer break. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES