- A nurse has been jailed for three years after leaving her 10-week-old baby alone while she went to work, resulting in the child’s death
- Ruth Auta, 28, returned home to find her son unresponsive after over eight hours away, with no conclusive cause of death determined
- Despite pleading guilty to child cruelty, Auta attempted to flee the country before being apprehended at Gatwick Airport
A nurse who left her 10-week-old baby at home while she went to work has been sentenced to three years in prison. Ruth Auta, 28, left her son, Joshua Akerele, alone in her hospital accommodation at Royal Bolton Hospital on the morning of December 20, 2022.
She returned more than eight hours later, only to find the infant unresponsive.
