A nurse has been found guilty of manslaughter after causing a baby's death by botching his circumcision.
Grace
Adeleye, 67, carried out the procedure on four-week-old Goodluck
Caubergs at an address in Chadderton, Oldham, in April 2010. The boy
bled to death before he could reach hospital the following day. Adeleye
was found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence at Manchester Crown
Court.
The
nurse, who denied the charge, had told the jury she had done "more than
1,000" circumcision operations without incident. The court heard that
Adeleye and Goodluck's parents were from Nigeria, where the circumcision
of newborns is the tradition for Christian families. Adeleye, of Sarnia
Court, Salford, was paid £100 to do the operation.
The
jury was told that she carried out the procedure using a pair of
scissors, forceps and olive oil and without anaesthetic. She had claimed
there had been "no problem" when she left the infant and that his
parents had been pleased with the operation.
However,
the court heard that when Goodluck's parents had changed his nappy
several hours later, they had found a large amount of blood and phoned
Adeleye, who had told them to redress the wound. Goodluck's parents
called an ambulance the following morning and he was taken to the Royal
Oldham Hospital, where he died a short time later.
A
spokesman for NHS Oldham said had the family gone to the hospital and
asked for a circumcision, "they would have been advised to go to an
approved practitioner who would have charged £100, the same as Grace
Adeleye". Following the guilty verdict, Adeleye was bailed while
pre-sentencing reports are prepared.
The
Crown Prosecution Service's Jane Wragg said the case "was not about the
rights or wrongs of circumcision, but the grossly negligent way in
which the procedure was undertaken"."Goodluck Caubergs was a healthy
little boy whose tragic death was wholly unnecessary," she said.
"Goodluck died because the standard of care taken by Grace Adeleye in carrying out the circumcision fell far below the standard that should be applied.
"She also failed to inform his parents of the risks and possible complications, which ultimately led to his tragic death."
"Goodluck died because the standard of care taken by Grace Adeleye in carrying out the circumcision fell far below the standard that should be applied.
"She also failed to inform his parents of the risks and possible complications, which ultimately led to his tragic death."
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