Nursery worker jailed for killing toddler while trying to make him go to sleep

Kimberly Cookson had wrapped Noah Sibanda in a sleeping bag and restrained him face down
(Picture: SWNS/WEST MIDLANDS POLICE)

Nursery worker Kimberly Cookson has been jailed for three years and four months after restraining and suffocating a toddler to get him to sleep.

Noah Sibanda was 14-months-old when he was left unchecked by staff for more than two hours at the now-closed Fairytales Day Nursery in Dudley, West Midlands.

Cookson had wrapped him in a sleeping bag and restrained him face down in a bid to force him to go to sleep in December 2022.

CCTV showed her placing a blanket over his head and putting her left leg on him to stop him moving.

The 23-year-old, who was 20 at the time of the incident, pleaded guilty to gross negligence manslaughter and is being se...