Nursery nurse is convicted of killing nine-month-old baby girl after being left face down on a bean bag for more than 90 minutes
Kate Roughley, 37, is found guilty of manslaughter at Manchester Crown Court
A nursery nurse who strapped a baby girl face down on to a bean bag for more than a hour and a half was today convicted of her manslaughter.
Nine-month-old Genevieve Meehan was also tightly swaddled and covered with a blanket by Kate Roughley, 37, who put her to sleep when she was in her care at Tiny Toes nursery in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport.
Roughley discovered Genevieve's lifeless body on the afternoon of May 9, 2022 before colleagues and then paramedics attempted to revive the baby but her condition was irreversible and she was pronounced dead later that day in hospital.
Today, a jury of six men and six women at Manchester Crown Court unanimously found Roughley, of Heaton Norris, Stockport, guilty of manslaughter.
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Kate Roughley (left) arrives at Manchester Crown Court last Friday with her mother Jane (centre) and father Stuart (right)
Kate Roughley, of Heaton Norris, Stockport, was found unanimously guilty of manslaughter
Roughley was working at Tiny Toes nursery in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport (file picture)