Ruth Auta, a Nigerian nurse working with the UK NHS was sentenced for three years in jail for child cruelty after her infant son died in her official apartment.
Single mother Ruth Auta, 28, abandoned Joshua Akerele in her nurse’s accommodation for eight hours so she could work her shift on December 20, 2022, DailyMail reports that she found the 10-week old infant dead when she returned from her shift.
After she called 999 to report that her baby was lifeless he was pronounced dead an hour later with tests showing he may have ‘overheated’ due to the layers of clothing and bedding he was wrapped in.
Auta lied to the police that she picked Joshua from a childminder after she had finished work, took him back home, fed him, placed him on her bed and then fell asleep next to him, but when she woke up, she found him unresponsive.
Later in her police interview, Auta gave no comment to questions asked and was freed on bail pending further investigation.
Auta was charged after police found CCTV of her leaving and entering her accommodation without Joshua on the day of the tragedy.
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Officers also discovered incriminating texts in which she urged her childminder to say she was looking after Joshua that day.
The childminder told officers she had not seen the infant for a number of days.
Auta was charged with cruelty to a child and pleaded guilty at Manchester Magistrates’ court on May 24, 2024 with her case adjourned by a month for sentence.
On June 6, the nurse who worked at Royal Bolton Hospital tried to flee the country.
But she was detained at Gatwick while attempting to board the flight to her native Nigeria, having purchased a one-way ticket.
Auta was sentenced to three years in jail when she appeared at Bolton Crown Court yesterday.
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