A CHILDMINDER has admitted killing a nine-month-old baby by shaking him “in frustration” when he fell from a chair and cried.
Harlow Collinge was rushed to hospital in March 2022 after the horror in Hapton, Lancashire.
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Tragically the baby couldn’t be saved and was declared dead four days later.
His family wept today as Karen Foster, 62, pleaded guilty to manslaughter at Preston Crown Court.
The childminder was due to stand trial for murder but her plea was accepted by prosecutors.
Foster now faces life in jail when she sentenced at the same court on June 13.
She was charged over Harlow’s death after police launched an investigation into the tragedy.
A GoFundMe page set up after Harlow’s death received more than £10,000 to help his family.
In a tribute on the fundraiser, a family friend described Harlow as a “funny, playful baby who loved Peter Rabbit, milkshakes and pink wafer biscuits”.
She added: “He loved it when his sister sang Adele songs to him, he loved his doggies and running around in his baby walker.
“He loved his family, his Mummy and Daddy, brother and sisters, and his grandparents so much.
“He has left a Harlow shaped hole no one can fill.”
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