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.

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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.”

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