A childminder who shook a nine-month-old boy to death has been jailed for 12 years and seven months.
Karen Foster, 63, left Harlow Collinge with unsurvivable brain injuries after he had been dropped off at her home with her by his mother Gemma Collinge, Preston Crown Court heard.
After paramedics were called and Harlow rushed away by ambulance Foster hugged his mother at the hospital and claimed the youngster had begun choking and she had slapped him on the back.
But she later tried to blame Ms Collinge for the injuries.
Harlow, who was injured on March 1, 2022, died days later in his parents’ arms having suffered massive brain injuries.
Foster, despite claiming benefits for ill health, was a registered childminder who had been breaking Ofsted rules on the numbers and ages of children she should be caring for, to make more money from parents, the court heard.
She had been accused of murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter just before her trial started last week, for the first time admitting “forceful shaking” of Harlow causing his death.
Relatives of the baby shouted, “Scumbag bitch! I hate you!” as Foster was led away from the dock after being sentenced by Mr Justice Barry Cotter.