A VILE nursery manager said three disturbing words to a tragic baby girl before she strapped her face down to a bean bag for nearly two hours. Genevieve Meehan was found unresponsive and blue at Tiny Toes Nursery in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport , on May 9, 2022, after her cries were "simply ignored", a court heard. The eight-month-old was rushed to hospital but couldn't be saved and died later that day.
Kate Roughley , 37, was yesterday convicted after a jury of six men and six women unanimously found her guilty of manslaughter at Manchester Crown Court . Sickeningly, the qualified nursery nurse "for some inexplicable reason appeared to have taken against Genevieve" in the days before the baby's death. Roughley's actions were said to be fuelled by an "illogical and disturbing hostility" towards the youngster which was revealed on CCTV footage from May 5 and 6.
She was subjected to "rough handling" by Roughley, who called her "stress head" and on one occasion told her: "Genevieve go home. Do you have to be so loud and constant? Change the record." She was heard chillingly telling the tot to "stop your whinging".
Prosecutor Peter Wright KC said: "Her hostility to Genevieve was, we say, as illogical as it was disturbing." The court was told the baby was strapped on her front by "means of a harness" on a bean bag rather than a cot or sleeping mat. She was then "practically" covered from head to foot in a blanket that would have heightened her risk of overheating.
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