In his closing speech to the jury today (15 May), Peter Wright KC for the prosecution said that Roughley had ‘abused and exploited’ the trust placed in her to ‘her own benefit and at the cost of Genevieve.’
He argued that ‘Genevieve’s death was not the result of some unforeseen, unexpected, unexplained phenomenon as suggested by Roughley, but the results of asphyxiation brought about by a combination of pathophysiological stresses – each of them caused or brought about by her deliberate conduct.’
'Roughley put that child in mortal danger and then deliberately did nothing about it.’
Mr Wright said, ‘Her (Genevieve) death arose as a direct consequence of the unsafe sleeping environment, the unsafe sleeping arrangement to which she had been deliberately placed.’
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