UK, death of an 8 month baby In a nursery, Cheadle Stockport, 9 May 2022, ‘arrests’

[VioletLilac]

Baby girl was in 'genuine fear after being strapped face down on bean bag'

Kate Roughley, 37, denies manslaughter and an alternate offence of child cruelty

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A baby girl was in ‘genuine fear’ as a nursery worker strapped her face down on a bean bag prior to her death, a jury has heard.

 

[BreadnLumpit]

Genevieve Meehan: Baby death trial hears nursery was 'badly run'

A former staffer said rules about the ratio of staff to children were "not followed".

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A nursery where a baby girl was found unresponsive and later died after being strapped face down to a beanbag for 90 minutes was "badly run", a jury has heard.

Well knock me down with the proverbial feather! This case makes me so angry.

 

[VioletLilac]

From reading the ofsted report 5 years before Genevieve died, when Kate Roughley was working there, you wouldn't know there was a problem.

Tiny Toes Children's Day Nursery - Closed - Find an Inspection Report - Ofsted

reports.ofsted.gov.uk

 

[VioletLilac]

A nursery worker accused of swaddling a nine-month-old baby and strapping her face down on a bean bag prior to her death has told a jury she has ‘always wanted to work with children’.

Nursery worker alleged to have killed nine-month-old baby says gives evidence

Kate Roughley, 37, denies manslaughter and an alternate offence of child cruelty

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[Luwin]

A nursery worker accused of swaddling a nine-month-old baby and strapping her face down on a bean bag prior to her death has told a jury she has ‘always wanted to work with children’.

Nursery worker alleged to have killed nine-month-old baby says gives evidence

Kate Roughley, 37, denies manslaughter and an alternate offence of child cruelty

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Full of excuses and talking out of her behind!

 

[BreadnLumpit]

A nursery worker accused of swaddling a nine-month-old baby and strapping her face down on a bean bag prior to her death has told a jury she has ‘always wanted to work with children’.

Nursery worker alleged to have killed nine-month-old baby says gives evidence

Kate Roughley, 37, denies manslaughter and an alternate offence of child cruelty

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I always wanted to be an Olympic figure skater until I actually tried ice skating ... turned out I was as rubbish at it as Ms Roughley (there's an aptronym if ever I saw one!) is at childcare.

 

[VioletLilac]

A nursery worker accused of causing the death of a baby girl told a jury she believed infants over six months did not need to be placed on their backs to sleep.

Nursery worker 'thought baby was safe sleeping on front' - court

Genevieve Meehan died after being strapped to a beanbag for more than 90 minutes.

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[VioletLilac]

A nursery worker accused of killing a baby girl having allegedly swaddled her and put her face down on a bean bag told a court she complained to management about the 'sheer volume' of children compared to staff

Nursery worker accused of baby’s death 'complained about volume of children'

Kate Roughley, 37, denies manslaughter and an alternate count of child cruelty

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[JennieM]

dbm

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Nonsense. She knew that wasn't a safe sleeping position, but she strapped her there so she'd have one less child to have to care for. IMO.

 

[VioletLilac]

A nursery worker accused of killing a baby girl told a trial she was 'distraught and heartbroken' after finding the child unresponsive.

Nursery worker was 'distraught' after baby was found unresponsive before death

Kate Roughley, 37, denies manslaughter and an alternate count of child cruelty

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Distraught that she'd get into trouble probably.

 

[VioletLilac]

A nursery worker accused of causing the death of a baby girl admitted she appeared "impatient" on CCTV footage played at her trial.

Nursery worker accused over baby death admits being 'impatient'

Kate Roughley is accused of manslaughter by ill treatment of nine-month-old Genevieve Meehan.

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[VioletLilac]

A nursery worker has told a jury she felt responsible for the death of a baby girl in her care but did not believe her actions were the cause.

https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2024-05-08/nursery-worker-does-not-feel-actions-caused-babys-death

 

[Luwin]

Stockport: Nursery worker denies she 'persecuted' baby who died

The nursery worker said she did not see the baby in "distress" before she died during her care.

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A nursery worker denied she "persecuted" a nine-month-old baby who died in her care.

Kate Roughley, 37, found Genevieve Meehan unresponsive on 9 May 2022 at Tiny Toes in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport.

The prosecution alleged the she "allowed her dislike to manifest" as the child was left "virtually immobilised" on a beanbag for 90 minutes before she died.

 

[VioletLilac]

What those parents must be going through. :-(

 

[Luwin]

Unrelated case but really makes me so nervous about nurseries

Oliver Steeper: Ashford baby who choked ate non-pureed food

Oliver Steeper died aged nine months after choking at Jelly Beans Day Nursery on 23 September 2021.

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[VioletLilac]

Closing speeches by the prosecution and the defence

Genevieve Meehan: Nursery nurse 'punished' baby girl, jury hears

Kate Roughley denies she treated Genevieve Meehan differently.

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