Kate Roughley trial: Killer nursery worker who told baby 'stop your whinging' before strapping her down on bean bag faces jail after being found guilty of manslaughter

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A nursery worker who swaddled a baby girl and strapped her face down on a bean bag before ignoring her cries for an-hour-and-a-half has been found guilty of manslaughter.

Kate Roughley, 37, showed ‘hostility’ towards nine-month-old Genevieve Meehan, who was in her care at Tiny Toes Nursery in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, in the days leading up to her death.

As captured on haunting CCTV, Roughley was shown to have ‘taken against’ Genevieve, affectionately called Gigi by her family, including by telling her to go home, to ‘stop your whinging’ and later saying to her: “Genevieve if we had any chance of being friends, you just blew it”.

On May 9, 2022, less than half an hour after arriving at the nursery, Roughley swaddled Genevieve in a blanket and put her in a cot face down with a blanket pulled over her.