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Footage shows Kimberly Cookson put Noah face down on a cushion and restrained him with her leg

A nursery, its boss and a worker have been sentenced over the death of a 14-month-old boy who was subjected to "excessive" force as staff tried to make him sleep.

The mother of Noah Sibanda said her child died "alone, scared and in pain" after being put in a sleeping pod at Fairytales Day Nursery in Dudley, West Midlands, on 9 December 2022.

Nursery worker Kimberley Cookson, 23, was sentenced to three years and four months in prison for gross negligence manslaughter.

Nursery owner Deborah Latewood, 55, was handed a suspended sentence of six months in prison for a health and safety offence, while the nursery was fined £240,000 for corporate manslaughter and a health and safety offence.

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Noah's mother said her son died "alone, scared and in pain"

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