Overview

• Morgan Kiely, 22, denies gross negligence manslaughter over her six-month-old son’s death in a July 2022 Clacton collision.
• Prosecutor Alex Stein told jurors that Kiely and friend Stevie Steel had been drinking at Clacton beach before Steel, over the drink-drive limit, hit a parked car.
• Jurors heard that the Isofix car seat had been removed from its base and neither the seat nor its harness was properly secured when Steel’s Ford Focus rolled onto its roof.
• Retired paediatric nurse Sharon Hamilton and other neighbours recounted hearing a loud bang and performing CPR at the scene before Harry died at hospital that evening.
• The trial continues at Chelmsford Crown Court as witnesses describe crash circumstances and rescue efforts that prosecutors say underline Kiely’s alleged breach of duty of care.