Stockport nursery worker guilty of baby’s manslaughter
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A nursery worker who strapped a nine-month-old baby to a beanbag and left her for 90 minutes has been found guilty of her manslaughter.
Kate Roughley, 37, put nine-month-old Genevieve Meehan in “mortal danger” as a “punishment”, the trial heard.
The child died from asphyxiation at Tiny Toes nursery in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, on 9 May 2022.
A pathologist told the jury “a very unsafe sleeping environment” led to her death.
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