Judge postpones Baby P sentencing – BBC News
“The sentencing of three people over the death of Baby P has been postponed for at least three months.”
BBC News, 28th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: child abuse
In re M (A Child) (Non-Accidental Injury: Burden of Proof) – WLR Daily
In re M (A Child) (Non-Accidental Injury: Burden of Proof) [2008] EWCA Civ 1261; [2008] WLR (D) 367
“After a judge had given judgment counsel had a positive duty to raise with the judge not just any alleged deficiency in the judge’s reasoning process but any genuine query or ambiguity which arose on the judgment.”
WLR Daily, 27th November 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Instructor jailed over sex abuse – BBC News
“A former outdoor pursuits instructor has been jailed for three years for sex attacks on two boys and three girls.”
BBC News, 27th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Paediatrician who failed to detect Baby P’s broken bones is suspended – The Times
“The doctor who failed to detect Baby P’s injuries and concluded that he was just ‘cranky’ two days before he died has been suspended from practising medicine.”
The Times, 28th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Ofsted’s child abuse report was misleading – The Observer
“A ‘misleading’ figure included in a major government watchdog report has led to a false and vastly inflated picture of the numbers of children who die from abuse in England.”
The Observer, 23rd November 2008
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
Government will not release detailed report into Baby P – The Guardian
“The government refused today to release a detailed report into the mistakes made by authorities in the Baby P case.”
The Guardian, 20th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Councils ‘systematically failing’ to learn from their mistakes in child care – The Guardian
“The most vulnerable children are being failed by ‘patently inadequate’ standards of care in the networks of schools, care workers and children’s homes established to protect them from abuse, according to the chief inspector of schools.”
The Guardian, 19th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government to unveil new laws to protect vulnerable children – The Guardian
“No government reforms can ‘make good the evil’ that happened to Baby P, the children’s secretary, Ed Balls, said today.”
The Guardian, 18th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Child protection register missed more than 80 per cent of serious child abuse cases – Daily Telegraph
“More than 80 per cent of children killed or seriously injured as a result of abuse or neglect were not on the national child protection register, it has emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Baby P three face ‘substantial’ jail sentences – The Independent
“The three people convicted of involvement in killing Baby P were warned that they face ‘substantial’ terms in prison.”
The Independent, 14th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Nasty, brutish and short: The horrific life of Baby P – The Independent
“At just 17 months, a little boy was tortured to death. Why did social services fail to prevent this tragedy? Nina Lakhani and Andrew Johnson investigate.”
The Independent, 16th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Haringey ‘overruled’ attempt to put Baby P into care – The Guardian
“A senior manager at the social services department in Haringey, North London, overruled the concerns of colleagues and senior police officers to return Baby P to his mother and his eventual death, it has been claimed.”
The Times, 17th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Ministers defend action taken in wake of Baby P whistleblower – The Times
“The Government today claimed that it had followed ‘proper procedures’ in batting away a whistleblower’s complaint that social workers in Haringey were not dealing correctly with child abuse cases.”
The Times, 14th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Investigation called after child murder case with echoes of Climbie – The Times
“A nationwide review of child protection has been ordered after a mother duped social workers into believing that a series of brutal injuries that led to her son’s death were accidental.”
The Times, 12th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Two men found guilty of causing Baby P’s death – The Guardian
“Two men have been found guilty at the Old Bailey of causing or allowing the death of a 17-month old baby in a case which highlighted one of the most severe child protection failures since the murder of Victoria Climbie.”
The Guardian, 11th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ex-officer jailed over sex abuse – BBC News
“A retired police officer has been jailed for four years after being convicted of a ‘systematic’ campaign of sex abuse against two young girls.”
BBC News, 10th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Mother and lodger cleared of murdering battered boy – The Guardian
“The mother of a 17-month-old boy who suffered a catalogue of injuries and died from a broken back despite being on the child protection register was cleared yesterday of his murder on the orders of a judge.”
The Guardian, 31st October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Child services reforms after Climbié death are hampering efforts, says watchdog – The Guardian
“A reform of children’s services after the death of torture victim Victoria Climbié has created a recipe for confusion, a government spending watchdog will say today.”
The Guardian, 29th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Father jailed for 22 years for baby’s murder – The Independent
“A man who killed his 16-month-old daughter by snapping her spine in a ‘chilling and brutal attack’ following months of abuse was told today that he must spend at least 22 years in prison.”
The Independent, 24th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Ex-instructor jailed over abuse – BBC News
“A former outdoor activities instructor convicted of sexually abusing children at youth camps has been jailed for 12 years at the High Court in Edinburgh.”
BBC News, 21st October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
