Bulletin: April Luckese; Ontario; Prosecutor alleges in opening address at trial that the former runner of unlicensed home daycare in Mississauga “lost control” and shook a toddler who died of severe head trauma hours later- and that April Luckese told police she shook the baby, who had been in her care for only two days. Reporter Alex Ballingail; Toronto Star.

"A woman who used to run an unlicensed home daycare in Mississauga “lost control” and shook a toddler who died of severe head trauma hours later, a court has heard. Crown lawyer Amber Lepchuk outlined her case in a Brampton court Wednesday, describing how April Luckese told police she shook the baby, who had been in her care for only two days. Lepchuk said doctors concluded that 14-month-old Duy-An Nguyen died from severe head trauma hours after she was rushed to hospital on Jan. 5, 2011. She had a fractured skull and swelling and bleeding on her brain, Lepchuk said in her opening statement of the trial. Luckese, the former daycare operator, is charged with manslaughter. “The Crown’s position is that Mrs. Luckese is the one who inflicted the head trauma and failed to provide the necessities of life,” Lepchuk said......... The parents described how Dawson called 911 and paramedics arrived within minutes. In the meantime, Luckese had called the girl’s mother, who arrived at about the same time that emergency responders were taking Duy-An to the ambulance, the court heard. Dawson, who enrolled her daughter in Luckese’s care upon a recommendation from Grande, said she never had any concerns about the daycare before that day. “I thought it was wonderful.” Asked by defence lawyer Stephen Whitzman whether she had previously been satisfied with the child care at Luckese’s home, Grande said yes. Grande also told the court she was surprised to hear the allegations against Luckese. The trial continues."

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