'My baby girl died at nursery - now we finally might get answers in huge update'

EXCLUSIVE: 'My baby girl died at nursery - now we finally might get answers in huge update'Katie Wheeler and John Meehan have backed a delay into a long-awaited inquest into their daughter Genevieve Meehan's death, as the coroner refers the case back to the Criminal Prosecution ServicesNewsCally Brooks Features Writer18:35, 20 Apr 2026Updated 18:35, 20 Apr 2026View 5 ImagesGenevieve was nine-months-old at the time of her death(Image: Supplied)The grieving mother of nine-month-old Genevieve Meehan has welcomed a fresh delay to her daughter's inquest - branding it a "shock" but "paramount" for securing justice.‌Katie Wheeler, 41, from Stockport, said the decision to pause the hearing after a painful four-year wait is a crucial turning point. It comes as the coroner took the rare step of referring the case back to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to consider corporate manslaughter or gross negligence charges.‌She told the Mirror: "It came as a shock because that was our seventh pre-inquest review hearing so we were expecting it to start in June. We had gone far down the line... so when the coroner said that it came as a shock but it was welcomed."‌Genevieve, known as Gigi, died from asphyxiation after being strapped face down on a beanbag and left unsupervised for 90 minutes at the now-closed Tiny Toes nursery in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport in 2022.While nursery worker Kate Roughley was jailed for 14 years in 2024, Katie and her husband John Meehan, 40, have always insisted that anyone responsible must also answer for the systemic failures that became apparent at trial.READ MORE: Dangerous schoolgirl lures boy to country park where he's stabbed 11 timesREAD MORE: Nursery worker jailed over death of toddler who suffocated to death at nap time5View 5 ImagesGenevieve's parents have been campaigning tirelessly since her death in May 2022(Image: Supplied)5View 5 ImagesKatie described Genevieve as 'so loved...