Article: Oh God, Joshua, breathe! Desperate 999 call of woman 'who shook baby boy to death'.

Byline: REBECCA ENGLISH

THE childminder accused of shaking a baby boy to death broke down yesterday as a tape of her 'heartrending' phone call to emergency services was played to a jury.

Linda Bayfield, 54, slumped forward with her head in her hands and sobbed as the Old Bailey listened to her screams as eight-month-old Joshua Osborne gasped for breath in the background.

As the 15-minute tape ended Bayfield, who had looked after children for 25 years, continued to weep loudly.

Joshua's parents Elizabeth and Kenneth Osborne - whose son died six days after the incident - were in court but left before the tape was played.

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