As the trial continued on Tuesday (7 May), Roughley’s evidence resumed. She told the court ‘words can’t describe’ how she felt the day Genevieve was found unresponsive.
The deputy manager of Tiny Toes Nursery in Cheadle Hulme, who is accused of the manslaughter of Genevieve Meehan, told the court she was ‘distraught and heartbroken’ after finding the child unresponsive.
Kate Roughely, 37, denies manslaughter by ill-treatment of Genevieve, known as Gigi to her parents, and an alternate count of child abuse.
It is alleged Roughley swaddled Genevieve and strapped her face down on a bean bag to sleep with another cover over her on 9 May 2022.
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