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The Sun
3 days ago
- The Sun
Woman pleads GUILTY to killing ‘beautiful' 14-month-old boy who died at nursery
A WOMAN has pleaded guilty to killing a 14-month-old boy at nursery. Noah Sibanda tragically passed away following an "incident" at Fairytales Day Nursery in Dudley, West Midlands. Nursery practitioner Kimberley Cookson, 22, has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter following the horror. She appeared at Wolverhampton Crown Court today where pleaded guilty to the charge. Deborah Latewood, 54 - director and business owner - denied one count of failing to comply with general duties under the Health and Safety at Work Act. Fairytales Nursery Limited also pleaded not guilty to one count of corporate manslaughter and failing to comply with a duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act. The horror unfolded on December 9, 2022, at the nursery, which has since closed down. Noah was rushed to hospital but sadly he could not be saved and died shortly after. His mum Masi Sibanda previously paid tribute to her "lovable" son. She described Noah as a 'handsome, beautiful, cute boy' who was very 'lovable' and always smiling. Masi added: 'I know parents are biased, but he was so beautiful. He was calm, very relaxed and quite chilled and unfazed by things. We would find him just chilling with his arm behind his head. 'He was very easy-going and he made it easy as a first-time parent.'
BBC News
13-05-2025
- BBC News
Two Dudley women in court charged in connection with boy's death
Two people have appeared before magistrates charged in connection with the death of a 14-month-old Sibanda died following an incident at the now-closed Fairytales Day Nursery on Bourne Street, Dudley, on 9 December worker Kimberley Cookson, 22, is charged with gross negligence manslaughter, while the owner Deborah Latewood, 54, is charged with failing to comply with a duty under the Health and Safety at Work women, both from Dudley, appeared at the town's magistrates' court on Tuesday, where they were bailed to appear at Wolverhampton Crown Court next month. Ms Latewood's company, Fairytales Nursery Ltd, has also been charged with corporate manslaughter, as well as failing to comply with a duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act to ensure that Noah and others were not exposed to risk between 29 November and 9 December corporate manslaughter charge alleges that the nursery failed to "ensure that children in the baby room would be put down to sleep in a safe way", and also did not ensure staff doing so were adequately trained and also alleges that the "breach of duty fell far below what could have been reasonably be expected in the circumstances" and "was a substantial cause of the death of Noah".The court heard formal pleas could not be entered to either manslaughter or corporate manslaughter at the magistrates' court, with the offences only triable on a crown court made no indication of plea on behalf of herself of the granted unconditional bail to the defendants and ordered them to appear at Wolverhampton Crown Court on 10 nursery was closed by Ofsted five days after Noah died, after the watchdog said that "children may be at risk of harm". Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
