Mother of nine-month-old girl 'who died after 存在 strapped 直面する 負かす／撃墜する to beanbag by nursery 労働者' tells 法廷，裁判所 of their final moments together

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The mother of a nine-month-old baby daughter who died after 恐らく 存在 strapped 直面する-負かす／撃墜する to a beanbag by a nursery 労働者 said the 週末 before the horror 出来事/事件 was the 'happiest' in her life.

Katie Wheeler said her daughter was babbling and playing the 週末 before her death and was her 'usual mischievous self' the day she took her to nursery, when her last words to her were 'I love you, sweetie'.

Genevieve Zofia Meehan was nine months old when she was 設立する unresponsive at Tiny Toes Children's Day Nursery in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Greater Manchester, in May 2022.

Ms Wheeler said that on the day of the 出来事/事件, Genevieve was watching her get ready for work and rummaging for さまざまな items in her handbag, before her and husband John Meehan dropped her off seemingly happy at the centre.

She said: 'I had put suncream on her, which she 設立する ticklish and funny. When I dropped her off [at nursery] I said to her 'I love you, sweetie'.?

'John told me he watched her go in and she seemed happy and then I went home and went to work.'

Pictured: Nursery 労働者 Kate Roughley 恐らく strapped Genevieve 直面する-負かす／撃墜する on a bean 捕らえる、獲得する, 持つ／拘留するing her so tightly in a 一面に覆う／毛布 that she was unable to move

Roughley, the 副 経営者／支配人 of Tiny Toes nursery in Cheadle, Manchester has pleaded not 有罪の to 過失致死 by ill 治療; and child cruelty

The nine-month-old?Genevieve Meehan was 急ぐd to hospital after 存在 設立する 'unresponsive and blue' at Tiny Toes, in Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester, on the afternoon of May 9, 2022

She 追加するd: 'I remember that 週末 as one of our happiest. She was very happy and 井戸／弁護士席.'?

検察官，検事s 主張する Genevieve was strapped 直面する-負かす／撃墜する to a bean 捕らえる、獲得する by 副 nursery 経営者／支配人 Kate Roughley, who swaddled her so tightly in a 一面に覆う／毛布 she was unable to move.

Roughley, 37, 恐らく strapped Genevieve with a harness and left her there crying and thrashing for more than half an hour, Manchester 栄冠を与える 法廷，裁判所 has heard.

While Genevieve struggled, Roughley ignored her cries and placed a 一面に覆う／毛布 on 最高の，を越す of her that covered her almost 長，率いる to foot, 検察官，検事s have 申し立てられた／疑わしい.

Genevieve was 設立する blue and unresponsive on the afternoon of 9 May 2022. Roughley has pleaded not 有罪の to 過失致死 by ill 治療; and child cruelty.

検察官，検事 ツバメ Reid KC read 声明s from Genevieve's parents, Katie Wheeler and John Meehan, who said she had さまざまな 病気s after 存在 born 未熟に.

Ms Wheeler said: 'I wish to make this 声明 to talk about and honour my beautiful daughter Genevieve. Gigi was not just a baby, she was a person with her likes and dislikes, her loves and her 失望／欲求不満s. She was a 完全にする person.

'借りがあるing to her beautiful French 指名する, she 可決する・採択するd a French persona in our house and was often 発言する／表明するd by me with a French accent. We used to joke it would be very strange when she started talking 適切に and would not 現実に speak French.'

'She spent lots of time playing on her toy mat and she was able to support herself while standing, and was also moving around on the 床に打ち倒す with 広大な／多数の／重要な 決意 and 速度(を上げる）, babbling as she liked to and 説 'dada dada'.'

Ms Wheeler said Genevieve had been in hospital a few weeks 事前の to the 出来事/事件 and was 存在 扱う／治療するd for bronchiolitis.?

Her daughter had been given an inhaler but was 離乳するd off it and was in 'good health' by the time she returned to nursery, she said.

Ms Wheeler said: 'I'm a very 用心深い and careful person by nature, 特に of my children. I was not 関心d about her health before she went to nursery.

Roughley outside Manchester 栄冠を与える 法廷，裁判所.?賠審員s were 以前 told Genevieve was left 事実上 immobilised and 直面する 負かす／撃墜する from 1:35pm to 3:12pm when she 設立する her blue and unresponsive and raised the alarm

'She was her usual 有望な happy self, and no person at the nursery raised any 関心s about her health.'

Mr Meehan said he had driven them to 減少（する） off Genevieve at the nursery on Mellor Road. He said he stayed in the car while his wife took her inside.

Mr Meehan said he later got a call from his wife, 明言する／公表するing: 'I answered the phone and she told me she had a phone call from the nursery who said Genevieve was 設立する unresponsive and blue and an 救急車 was on its way to the nursery.

'I すぐに turned around and got in my car. Katie then phoned me 支援する and 知らせるd me that the 救急車 arrived and Gigi was 存在 taken to Stepping Hill Hospital. They said it would take about 10 minutes.'

He said he arrived at the A&E department before Ms Wheeler and her mother. He said he could see CPR 存在 成し遂げるd on Genevieve by paramedics.

Mr Meehan continued: 'I remained in hospital as doctors tried to save her. I saw Katie and her mother leave the room. Doctors and nurses approached me and asked if I 手配中の，お尋ね者 to go with them.

'I 手配中の，お尋ね者 to stay with Genevieve. I overheard the doctors having a conversation about stopping CPR. We were then told they were going to stop 治療 and they could not save Genevieve.'

賠審員s were 以前 told Genevieve was left 事実上 immobilised and 直面する 負かす／撃墜する from 1:35pm to 3:12pm when Ms Roughley 設立する her blue and unresponsive and raised the alarm.

Staff and then paramedics 試みる／企てるd to 生き返らせる Genevieve but her 条件 was irreversible and she was pronounced dead later that day in hospital, the 裁判，公判 has been told.

Ms Roughley, from Heaton Norris, Stockport, 否定するs 過失致死 by ill 治療 and an 代案／選択肢 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 of child cruelty. The 裁判，公判 continues.