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Baby Dies After choking to Death


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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Sion 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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