'My son died alone, scared, and in pain'

'My son died alone, scared, and in pain'12 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleChloe Hughes, Josh Sandiford and Vanessa Pearce,West MidlandsandPhil Mackie,at Wolverhampton Crown CourtFamilyNoah Sibanda was "always kind and full of patience and gentleness", his mother Masi saidWarning: This story contains distressing contentThe mother of a 14-month-old boy who died after being restrained and put face down to sleep at a nursery, says in her son's final moments he was "alone, scared and in pain."Noah Sibanda died on 9 December 2022 at the now-closed Fairytales Day Nursery, in Dudley."Since his death, there has not been a single day I haven't regretted being alive when he is not," Masi Sibanda said in her victim impact statement. "My guilt comes from knowing I handed him over to people who killed him."The nursery, its boss and a staff member are being sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court, with the hearing due to continue on Friday.Nursery worker Kimberley Cookson, 23, is due to be sentenced for gross negligence manslaughter. The court heard that in attempting to get him to sleep Cookson placed Noah face-down on a soft cushion in a teepee in the nursery's baby room, placing her left leg on his lower back to prevent him from moving.Nursery owner, 55 year-old Deborah Latewood, is due to be sentenced for a health and safety offence, while the nursery itself will be sentenced for corporate manslaughter as well as a health and safety offence.Family/West Midlands PoliceFourteen-month-old Noah died in December 2022 at Fairytales Day Nursery in DudleyMasi said her son was a confident child, "always kind and full of patience and gentleness".Before the tragedy, she said she had had a "naive trust in the nursery" and "will forever feel guilty".The "excessive" force used on him was like that used in prisons, she said, adding "he was treated as a felon, a danger,...