Overview
- Fairytales Day Nursery Limited, which changed its plea Wednesday, admitted corporate manslaughter and a Health and Safety offence at Wolverhampton Crown Court.
- Director and owner Deborah Latewood pleaded guilty to the safety offence on the basis that she did not know the dangerous sleep practice was used but should have known.
- The Crown Prosecution Service said CCTV and medical evidence showed 14‑month‑old Noah Sibanda was tightly wrapped, laid face down with a blanket over his head, and held with a leg, which restricted his breathing and movement.
- Nursery practitioner Kimberley Cookson had already admitted gross negligence manslaughter for her actions while trying to make Noah sleep.
- The nursery has been closed since Ofsted shut it in April 2023, and prosecutors say the guilty pleas accept criminal responsibility for systemic failings in training, safe sleep practices, and supervision.