German occupational therapist convicted of assaulting boy patient

A German occupational therapist who slapped a weeping four-year-old boy with learning difficulties up to 20 times in the face has been convicted of assault. Ramon Priess, 33, assaulted the child when he refused to put his shoes and socks on at the end of the session at the Maximum Potential clinic in Devonshire Place, central London. Priess claimed he used ‘deep pressure’ techniques on the boy and his sobs were a ‘sensory over-response’ to the controversial treatment. He denied…