A childminder faces jail over the death of a toddler who died of accidental strangulation in his playpen after she left him home alone.Nasir Burgess, aged 18 months, was left close to an electrical cord dangling from an air conditioning unit. It got wrapped around his neck and killed him after Jennifer Franks left him unattended while she ran an errand.Yesterday, Franks, 57, who ran a day care facility at her Pembroke home, admitted endangering the lives of the victim and two other babies in her care named Midas Williams and Xavi Viera.Prosecutor Carrington Mahoney told Supreme Court that Franks was licensed to look after up to three children, but had five on the date of the incident on September 9, 2011.They included Nasir the son of bank worker Arleyne Emery, 32, and air conditioning company worker Corey Burgess, 40, from Smith’s.Franks took two children with her when she went to pick up her daughter from her nearby workplace, leaving Nasir, Midas and Xavi alone in a room.“Nasir was placed in the playpen next to a window air conditioning unit which had a cord suspended that went down to a plug. The other two children were each placed in one of the other two playpens,” said Mr Mahoney.“The accused said that she left them inside there. They were making noise, but after a while they went quiet.”Franks told police she put the children in the room around 12 noon and left home approximately 55 minutes later to pick up her daughter.“When she was leaving she did not go to check on the children. She indicated that when she was leaving, her elderly parents, who were each about 76 years old, were sitting in the backyard and she shouted out to them that she was leaving,” said Mr Mahoney.“She went for her daughter and returned to the residence and, based on what she told the police, when she went into the room she saw Nasir with the air conditioner cord wrapped twice around his neck and he appeared to be lifeless. She said she ran in, took the cord from around his neck, and she was trying to revive him.“A call was placed to 911 about 1.42pm. The ambulance was apparently taking too long, so she and her daughter jumped into her car with Nasir to take him to the hospital.”The daughter called the toddler’s mother before leaving the house. They spotted her on Front Street in Hamilton while driving to the hospital, so picked her up and took her along.Nasir was pronounced dead as a result of strangulation. According to Mr Mahoney, a pathologist said he would have lost consciousness in seconds and died within minutes. The two other babies who were left alone were unhurt.Franks was originally charged with manslaughter on the grounds of negligence, which she denied, and her trial was due to begin yesterday. However, after discussions between the prosecution and defence lawyer Saul Froomkin QC, Franks pleaded guilty to three alternative charges of endangering the lives of Nasir and the two babies by leaving them exposed to a situation where their lives were likely to be endangered or their health permanently injured.Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves ordered the jury in the case to return verdicts of guilty to the child endangerment charges, which have a maximum penalty of three years in jail. The manslaughter charge, which has a maximum punishment of life imprisonment, will lie on file.Mr Mahoney said he will seek a jail sentence, but Mr Froomkin said he will oppose that. Franks was bailed to return to court on December 3, when a date for her sentencing will be set.She and Nasir’s family declined to comment as they left court. Mr Froomkin told an earlier court hearing that Franks is a Bermudian who had been a carer for 20 years. She has been on bail throughout the case.