Image source, Family handoutImage caption, Noah Sibanda was 14-months old when he died after being restrained at nurseryByOprah Flash, West Midlands, Eleanor Layhe, BBC Local Investigations and Katie Thompson, Reporting fromin BirminghamPublished17 April 2026 For busy mum Masi Sibanda, 9 December 2022 started like any other day. She dropped off her only son, 14-month-old Noah, at Fairytales Day Nursery in Dudley and returned home believing he was safe with his friends and carers. Within hours, Noah was dead, having been suffocated while being put to sleep. The true horrors of what happened that day can now be reported following the sentencing of staff worker Kimberley Cookson, 23, business owner Deborah Latewood, 55, and the nursery at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Friday. More than three years on, his mother is living every parent's worst nightmare. "I still kept on saying to myself this is a dream, surely this isn't real," she told the BBC.
Published: April 17, 2026 2:59 pm
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