Cops have issued an appeal for information about a pensioner who vanished four days ago.
20.09.2022 - 19:49 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A woman has been cleared of causing her young nephew to drown in the bath. Kayleigh Kerr was today found not guilty of the culpable homicide of 10-month-old Logan Cruickshanks.
She was accused of killing the child while looking after him at her home in Easterhouse, Glasgow, on August 25, 2018. It was the hysterical 25-year-old who discovered Logan's lifeless body submerged under the water.
Kerr had denied the charge during a four-day trial at the High Court in Glasgow. She hurriedly left the dock after being acquitted. Logan's parents and other family were in court. They became emotional after the verdict with some in tears.
Judge Lord Matthews went on to state to jurors: "It has been a tragic, tragic case all round. There was never any intention to cause this...it was the last thing anyone wanted to happen.
"Obviously there will be a lot of emotional reaction to this, one way or another. There are no winners in this case."
Jurors earlier heard how Kerr told police how Logan had been in "good spirits" that morning. She went on to run a bath for her nephew before they were due to meet a friend and another child.
It was the first time Kerr had put Logan in a bath on his own. The boy was put in his bath seat as Kerr initially stayed with him for around five minutes before continuing to get ready to go out.
She checked on him and stated the boy was "absolutely fine". He was "laughing" playing with his toys when she looked again. But, when she checked once more, Logan was "submerged" under the water.
Kerr recalled how she started to "scream and panic" before grabbing the child out the bath. She told police: "Logan felt lifeless and his wee body felt so heavy and his head was just rocking in my arms. I ran with Logan into my mum's
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