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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Josh Halliday North of England editor

‘It’s life and death’: parents of baby killed at nursery call for mandatory CCTV

Baby Genevieve Meehan
Baby Genevieve Meehan died after being strapped face down to a beanbag for an hour and 37 minutes. Photograph: Katie Wheeler

The weekend before Genevieve Meehan died was one of the best of her short life.

The nine-month-old with the beaming smile and emerald eyes was leaping through her milestones: she had taken her first tentative steps, hands clasped to her mother’s, and said her first word: “Dadda”. She tried on sunglasses and a swimsuit for their first family holiday two months later.

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