Kayleigh Kerr is charged with the culpable homicide of Logan Cruickshanks at a house. Prosecutors claim Kerr did culpably and recklessly put the 10-month-old child in an infant bath seat in the bath.
A woman accused of killing her infant nephew was putting on makeup as he drowned in a bath, a trial was told today.
Kerr is further said to have repeatedly left Logan unattended and unsupervised. The charge claims, by doing so, the woman did not follow the information regarding the use of the seat.Kerr faces an alternative charge under the Children and Young Persons Act of wilfully neglecting Logan that day. Mr Murray asked if Kerr attempted to conceal the fact she was putting makeup on and the witness replied: “No.”Constable Alam Armstrong, 40, claimed he was told by Kerr that she had been putting on makeup in the bedroom and that she was “back and forth” checking on him.
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