Rebecca Gregory, who worked in the baby room at Tiny Toes Nursery in Stockport, was sentenced to three years in prison on Tuesday (2 September) at Manchester Minshull Crown Court.
During an earlier hearing at Stockport Magistrates Court, Gregory pleaded guilty to four counts of “wilfully illtreating children in a manner likely to cause unnecessary suffering or injury to health”.
The incidents took place in April 2022 at the Cheadle Hulme nursery where Genevieve Mehan died after being left face down, tightly swaddled and strapped to a bean bag for more than 90 minutes the following month. Kate Roughley, former deputy manager of the nursery, was jailed for 14 years in May this year after being convicted of her manslaughter.
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