Tragedy of 'incredibly special' toddler after day at nursery 'ended catastrophically'

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Investigations into the death of a toddler will be carried out by police, the health and safety watchdog and the Food Standards Agency, a coroner has said.

Two-year-old Jude Gerrard died following a medical episode at the Early Learners Day Nursery in Bootle, Merseyside, on January 14.

Opening an inquest into his death at Bootle Town Hall on Wednesday, senior coroner Julie Goulding said Jude’s cause of death was still unknown.

She said: "What we can’t do today is to leap to any conclusions or to do or say anything at all that might undermine the formal processes that need to take place in respect of the police, health and safety, the Food Standards Agency, the coroner’s court or any other statutory processes that need to be involved." Coroner’s officer Graeme Webster told the inquest Jude was born in June 2022 to parents Rebecca Sheridan, a company receptionist, and Charlie Gerrard, a sales representative, both 28.