A deputy manager of a nursery has been jailed for 14 years after a baby died when she was strapped tightly to a bean bag and covered with a blanket.
Kate Roughley had been found guilty of manslaughter by ill-treatment of nine-month-old Genevieve Meehan, who died at Tiny Toes in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, on 9 May 2022.
Prosecutors said the girl, known as Gigi by her family, died from asphyxiation from a combination of "pathophysiological stresses".
Roughley, 37, had placed her face-down, tightly swaddled and strapped to a bean bag before covering her with a blanket.
The nursery deputy manager then ignored the cries and distress of Genevieve and showed "sporadic" and "fleeting" interest in her wellbeing for one hour and 37 minutes until she found her blue and unresponsive, prosecutors said.
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Roughley, who was the duty baby room leader in charge of sleeping arrangements that day, told Manchester Crown Court she placed Genevieve on her side, claiming her face was visible at all times.
She said she had no concerns she was in any distress.
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