Kate Roughley, 37, is accused of the manslaughter by ill-treatment of nine-month-old Genevieve Meehan.
A nursery deputy manager caused the death of a baby girl who she placed face down, tightly swaddled and strapped to a bean bag for more than an hour and a half, a court has heard.
He said the reason for Genevieve’s decline was not fully realised at the time but the picture became “much clearer” when CCTV within the baby room was later viewed. “The child had then been placed not on her back but on her front and thus in reality, and for all purposes, face down. The obvious effect of such a method of restraint in such a position was, we say, bound to restrict even further the ability of Genevieve to move or breathe freely.
“The defendant treated Genevieve in a way that all sober and reasonable people would recognise was both dangerous and would, unless averted, subject Genevieve to the risk of some harm.“The lack of any effective monitoring of Genevieve over this period of time simply increased the probability of what was so obviously likely to happen unless averted.”
The crying and struggling continued until 2.24pm when Genevieve’s final leg movements can be seen as the defendant was in the kitchen area, said Mr Wright. On May 5 Genevieve was placed front down and strapped onto a bean bag for nearly two hours, the court heard, before Roughley unwrapped the child from her blanket.Matters did not improve on May 6, said the prosecutor, as the defendant can be heard telling Genevieve to “stop your whinging” and later referred to the youngster as “stress head”.
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