More than a year after 15-month-old Nathaniel McLellan died, his mother wrote to police pushing for charges against his babysitter, a London, Ont., courtroom heard on Monday.

“Kent and I are hopeful that in this coming year, 2017, you will bring charges against (Meggin Van Hoof), the woman responsible for our son’s death,” Rose-Anne Van De Wiele said in an email to the lead Ontario Provincial Police detective, according to evidence presented during the manslaughter trial of Van Hoof.

Van De Wiele and her husband “continue to be horrified that (Van Hoof) is volunteering with children,” she wrote. “She ended my baby’s life. Nathaniel’s life. Our son’s life. Charges must be laid.”

Nathaniel McLellan. supplied The Star

Nathaniel died in October 2015, days after he was rushed to hospit

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