A deputy manager of a nursery has been found guilty of manslaughter after a nine-month-old baby died when she was strapped tightly to a bean bag.
Kate Roughley, 37, was accused of manslaughter by ill-treatment of Genevieve Meehan, known as Gigi by her family, on 9 May 2022 at Tiny Toes in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport. Prosecutors said the youngster died from asphyxiation from a combination of 'pathophysiological stresses' after Roughley placed her face down, tightly swaddled and strapped to a bean bag and covered with a blanket.
Prosecutors said the child's death was brought on by a 'very unsafe sleeping environment' created by Roughley, which left Genevieve, known to her family as Gigi, in 'mortal danger'. Peter Wright KC said the defendant inappropriately covered Genevieve with a blanket, and then deliberately did nothing about it.
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