Childminder admits killing baby boy
A childminder has admitted shaking and killing a nine-month-old baby she was looking after.
Karen Foster, 62, said Harlow Collinge had fallen over and banged his head and that she shook him “out of frustration”.
The boy was taken to hospital from the address in Hapton, near Burnley, Lancashire, on 1 March, 2022, but later died.
Foster was due to stand trial at Preston Crown Court for Harlow’s murder but the prosecution accepted a plea of manslaughter.
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