Nursery World - Stockport nursery tragedy: Setting was 'badly run' and didn't adhere to ratios, court hears

The nursery where nine-month-old Genevieve Meehan was found unresponsive and later died after being strapped face down to a beanbag to sleep, was ‘badly run’, a jury has found.

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Deputy manager Kate Roughley is accused of the manslaughter of Genevieve, who she cared for at Tiny Toes Nursery in Cheadle Hulme. The case is being tried at Manchester Crown Court.

After the pathologist who carried out Geneveive’s post mortem gave evidence earlier in the week, the jury has now heard from nursery practitioner Megan Goldsby who had worked at Tiny Toes since 2018.

Martin Reid KC, prosecuting, asked her to summarise her view on how the nursery operated.

She said, ‘Not great. It was badly ran. We had too many children.’

Goldsby explained that at first the nursery followed ratios of one staff member to three children, but then it ‘gradually got worse’.

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