Kate Roughley, who denies manslaughter and a count of child cruelty, appeared at Manchester Crown Court yesterday (18 April) for a second day.
Jurors watched CCTV footage from the Friday before Genevieve’s death, which the prosecution alleged showed Rougley grasping the nine-month-old ‘harshly’ and ‘losing her patience with her’ while at Tiny Toes Nursery in Cheadle Hulme, according to reports.
She told Genevieve to ‘stop your whingeing’ and ‘change the record’ as she was heard crying and coughing. Reports suggest the child had returned to the nursery the day before after a ‘spell’ in hospital with a chest infection.
The CCTV shows Roughly went on to say, ‘Genevieve, if we had any chance of being friends, you just blew it’, later adding: ‘You are driving me bananas.’
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