Stockport nursery worker guilty of baby’s manslaughter
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-69026072
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Stockport nursery worker guilty of baby’s manslaughter
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-69026072
Posted by randomdiyeruk
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“who strapped a nine-month-old baby face down to a beanbag and left her for 90 minutes”
I had to do a double take at the age. The fact that this woman had so much experience in the field and used this course of action is truly horrifying, especially in this current economic climate where parents are desperately seeking out adequate childcare at affordable prices….
What an awful woman. My heart breaks for the family
I know they probably went for manslaughter as couldn’t prove intent, but I struggle to imagine how it could’ve been an accident.
God bless that poor baby and her family. They’ve been given a life sentence so the baby’s killer should too.
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17 years worth of experience in childcare, but thought it was appropriate to use a beanbag to strap a 9 month old down to “sleep”.
Absolute BS she knew what she was doing would harm this poor little girl.
Felt sick when I read it earlier – they showed the video to the jurors of the baby kicking and screaming trying to breath – I think if I was shown it, especially now I have a baby, i would never get it out of my mind.
One of the few news stories I’ve ever consciously gone out of my way to avoid reading about.
Heard some of the details on the radio, in particular the video that the court were shown, and I just can’t get my head around how a nursery worker with 17 years experience could do that, or how the nursery didn’t have enough procedures or staff in place to prevent that situation from even happening. It shouldn’t be possible.
The entire job is about caring and providing a safe environment for children. It’s not even particularly well paid so it’s not as if she was staying in it for the money.
Heart goes out to the parents, as a parent of a toddler myself, I think this would absolutely destroy me as a functioning person. Children dying of illness, even freak accidents can be understood enough to come to terms with over time…but negligence and carelessness just feels like such a bitter pill and a waste.
I cannot imagine anything worse.
Losing your child to illness or an accident is obviously just as tragic, but at least there’s the fact it’s natural and nobody can be blamed.
However to lose a child directly due to the choice/action of someone else is the one true nightmare for me.
So this ruling is effectively saying child care providers and parents can use punishment as a defence in murder trials?