A childminder has admitted shaking and killing a nine-month-old baby she was looking after.
Karen Foster, 62, said Harlow Collinge had fallen over and banged his head and that she shook him “out of frustration”.
The boy was taken to hospital from the address in Hapton, near Burnley, Lancashire, on 1 March, 2022, but died four days later.
Foster was due to stand trial at Preston Crown Court for Harlow’s murder but the prosecution accepted a plea of manslaughter.
The basis of her plea was that her “forceful shaking” caused Harlow’s death after he fell out of his high-chair and began crying, the court heard.
Foster, a registered childminder with nine years experience, called 999 to say he was not breathing, and told a paramedic he had “suddenly collapsed”.
