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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Cooper

Nursery worker jailed over death of toddler wrapped in sleeping bag

Kimberley Cookson has been sentenced for the manslaughter of 14-month-old Noah Sibanda (West Midlands Police/PA) -

A nursery worker has been jailed for three years and four months for the gross negligence manslaughter of a 14-month-old boy, Noah Sibanda, who died under her care at a Dudley day nursery.

Kimberley Cookson, 23, stared downwards in the dock as a judge said it was "blind luck" that no other deaths had occurred at Fairytales Day Nursery before that of Noah Sibanda.

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