Nursery World - Chain fined for death of baby (3)

Aleading nursery chain will have to pay nearly Pounds 80,000 over the death of a baby in its care. Jigsaw Day Nurseries was fined 60,000 and ordered to pay 19,000 costs by a judge at Aylesbury Crown Court last week, after admitting to safety failures that led to the death of five-month-old Thomas Egan in April last year. The baby had been fed a breakfast cereal that contained cow's milk protein to which he was allergic.

Jigsaw Day Nurseries was fined 60,000 and ordered to pay 19,000 costs by a judge at Aylesbury Crown Court last week, after admitting to safety failures that led to the death of five-month-old Thomas Egan in April last year. The baby had been fed a breakfast cereal that contained cow's milk protein to which he was allergic.

In August the 36-site nursery chain was prosecuted by Milton Keynes Council under the Health and Safety at Work Act and pleaded guilty to 11 separate failings in training and procedure. Magistrates referred the case to Aylesbury Crown Court for sentencing because their powers were limited to imposing a maximum 20,000 fine.

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