Rhyia Malin was found by staff at Eton Manor Children's Day Nursery inChigwell trapped between the wall and roof of a wooden playhouse lastNovember. She later died of cardiac arrest in hospital.
At the time, nursery directors described the incident as 'a freakplayground accident' (News, 15 November). Essex police have finishedtheir investigation and are collecting evidence for an inquest, forwhich no date has yet been set.
Rhyia's father Jay Malin has told the Daily Telegraph that he constantlyquestions how his daughter died and why no member of staff was 'lookingout for her'.
The nursery received a good rating from Ofsted in its last inspectionreport, dated January 2006. However, the report also listed sevencomplaints lodged by parents from September 2004 to September 2005. Thecomplaints related to National Standards 2, 3, 4, 7, 11 and 14.
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