Genevieve Meehan suffocated after being placed in "mortal danger" as a "punishment" by Kate Roughley, the deputy manager of Tiny Toes nursery in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, the trial heard.
Roughley, 37, was found guilty yesterday of the manslaughter of Genevieve after a four-week trial at Manchester crown court. She will be sentenced tomorrow.
The court heard how Genevieve, known to her family as Gigi, was left for one hour and 37 minutes swaddled in a blanket and strapped face down to a beanbag in the baby room at Tiny Toes on 9 May 2022.
Genevieve's mother, Katie Meehan, held back tears in the public gallery as the jury foreperson said jurors had unanimously found Roughley guilty of manslaughter after five hours and 46 minutes of deliberations.
Roughley showed no reaction as she was taken into custody after the judge, Mrs Justice Ellenbogen KC, said she was facing a "lengthy" prison term.
Roughley's mother, who sat on the opposite side of the public gallery to enevieve's family, was heard to say "She's not a monster" after the verdicts were delivered.
Outside court, Genevieve's father, John Meehan, said her death had "destroyed our family" and that they grieved for her every day.
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