Woman charged over death of child in nursery playground

Woman charged with gross negligence manslaughter after death of Lydia Bishop in York in September last year. A woman has been charged with manslaughter following the death of a three-year-old girl in a nursery playground.Lydia Bishop died in an incident at York College nursery on 17 September last year.North Yorkshire police said on Friday they had charged a 24-year-old woman with gross negligence manslaughter. She will appear in court next week.They said York College would be summonsed to court for alleged health and safety breaches.

The woman, who has not been named but is understood to have been a member of staff at the nursery, will appear before York magistrates court on Monday 8 April.

Lydia suffered serious injuries in the outdoor play area on her first day at the nursery.Emergency services were called and she was taken to York district hospital, where she was pronounced dead.Her death was described as "absolutely devastating" by the college at the time and the nursery, which opened in 2007, was permanently closed.Detective Chief Inspector Nigel Costello, of North Yorkshire police, said on Friday: "This has been a very distressing case for everyone involved, not least for Lydia's family who have suffered an extremely tragic loss."Our thoughts are with them and specially trained officers continue to support them through this very difficult time."The matter is now in the hands of the criminal justice system and we await the outcome of any subsequent court proceedings."

Idioms

Carl and Ayse are talking about a crime at work. Read the conversation and note the idioms. All the idioms they use are informal.

Carl: I'd never have dreamt Russ was on the fiddle¹, would you?

Ayse: Well, no. I knew money was going missing, but I never thought it would be an inside job². Russ seemed so honest, yet he had his hand in the till³ all the time.

Carl: Yeah, he pulled the wool over everyone's eyes⁴.

Ayse: I can't believe he was taking us all for a ride⁵. He was so strict with us and yet he was lining his own pockets⁶ the whole time!

Carl: He sacked Jay when he was found selling things under the counter⁷ last year.

Ayse: I know! And now Russ has done a runner⁸.

Carl: Well, I hope they catch up with him.

¹ was getting money in an illegal or ⁵ tricking us

dishonest way ⁶was making money for himself in a

² a crime committed by someone from dishonest way
within the organisation affected ⁷ secretly; illegally

³ was stealing the business's money ⁸ run away to avoid a difficult situation

⁴deceived everyone

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