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Toddler suffocated at nursery after being left strapped face down for two hours

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FILE PICTURE - Noah Sibanda who died after the incident at Fairytales Nursery. // A nursery has pleaded guilty to corporate manslaughter after a 14-month-old boy suffocated to death while staff tried to make him take a nap. Noah Sibanda was being cared for at Fairytales Nursery in Dudley, West Mids, when staff tried to get him to fall asleep by "physically restraining" him on December 9, 2022. Shockingly, he was tightly wrapped in a sleeping bag, had a blanket placed over his head and was laid face down on a cushion while staff member Kimberley Cookson, 23, restrained him using her LEG. Ambulance crews rushed to the private nursery following reports he had gone into cardiac arrest but the tragic tot was pronounced dead in hospital. Today (Wed) Fairytales Day Nursery Limited admitted one count of corporate manslaughter and a Health and Safety at Work Act offence at Wolverhampton Crown Court. 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