Woman is Charged After Baby Dies
29/05/2008
Baby Dies After choking to Death
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29/05/2008
Rosemary
Meadows, the former owner of Tiddlywinks Nursery, has been charged with
two health and safety offences after a 16-month-old girl died when she
choked on a cord tied to her cot in October 2005.
Ms Meadows
faced two charges under the Health and Safety Act at Gloucester
Magistrates' Court on 25 July. An inquest held a year ago concluded
that Molly Cuncliffe had been unlawfully killed. Criminal charges were
not brought against Rosemary Meadowes or her employees as a result of
Molly's death.
The charges are due to Ms Meadows "failing to
ensure that persons not in her employment, in particular babies and
toddlers, were not exposed to risks to their health and safety." and
for "failing to make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks
to the health and safety of babies and toddlers."
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Kingston from law firm Irwin Mitchell said: "This is a tragic case
where the nursery failed in their obligations to Molly and her parents.
Nurseries have a responsibility to take reasonable care of children in
their care. This includes ensuring that the environment in which the
child is staying is safe but also to ensure the adequacy of supervision
particularly when dealing with young children and babies. Irwin
Mitchell unfortunately have had to deal with a number of cases
involving injuries sustained by children in similar circumstances and
this case is yet another example of lessons not being learned."
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