Devastating report reveals Baby P failings – The Guardian

Posted December 2nd, 2008 in child abuse, news, social services by sally

“The head of children’s services in the London borough where Baby P died after months of persistent injury and neglect was dismissed from her post yesterday as the government responded to a damning report into the council’s failings.”

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The Guardian, 2nd December 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Three suspended over Baby P case – BBC News

Posted December 1st, 2008 in child abuse, disciplinary procedures, news, social services by sally

“Three people have been suspended on full pay from Haringey Council after a ‘damning’ inspectors’ report into the case of Baby P.”

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BBC News, 1st December 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Judge postpones Baby P sentencing – BBC News

Posted November 28th, 2008 in child abuse, homicide, news, sentencing by sally

“The sentencing of three people over the death of Baby P has been postponed for at least three months.”

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BBC News, 28th November 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

In re M (A Child) (Non-Accidental Injury: Burden of Proof) – WLR Daily

Posted November 28th, 2008 in burden of proof, child abuse, judgments, law reports, reasons by sally

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

Posted November 28th, 2008 in child abuse, news, sentencing, sexual offences by sally

“A former outdoor pursuits instructor has been jailed for three years for sex attacks on two boys and three girls.”

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BBC News, 27th November 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Paediatrician who failed to detect Baby P’s broken bones is suspended – The Times

Posted November 28th, 2008 in child abuse, disciplinary procedures, doctors, news by sally

“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.”

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The Times, 28th November 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Ofsted’s child abuse report was misleading – The Observer

Posted November 24th, 2008 in child abuse, news, statistics by sally

“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.”

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The Observer, 23rd November 2008

Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk

Government will not release detailed report into Baby P – The Guardian

Posted November 20th, 2008 in child abuse, news, social services by sally

“The government refused today to release a detailed report into the mistakes made by authorities in the Baby P case.”

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The Guardian, 20th November 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Councils ‘systematically failing’ to learn from their mistakes in child care – The Guardian

Posted November 20th, 2008 in child abuse, education, news, social services by sally

“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.”

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The Guardian, 19th November 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Government to unveil new laws to protect vulnerable children – The Guardian

Posted November 18th, 2008 in child abuse, news, social services by sally

“No government reforms can ‘make good the evil’ that happened to Baby P, the children’s secretary, Ed Balls, said today.”

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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

Posted November 17th, 2008 in child abuse, news by sally

“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.”

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Daily Telegraph, 15th November 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Baby P three face ‘substantial’ jail sentences – The Independent

Posted November 17th, 2008 in child abuse, murder, news by sally

“The three people convicted of involvement in killing Baby P were warned that they face ‘substantial’ terms in prison.”

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The Independent, 14th November 2008

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Nasty, brutish and short: The horrific life of Baby P – The Independent

Posted November 17th, 2008 in child abuse, news, social services by sally

“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.”

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The Independent, 16th November 2008

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Haringey ‘overruled’ attempt to put Baby P into care – The Guardian

Posted November 17th, 2008 in child abuse, news, social services by sally

“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.”

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The Times, 17th November 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Ministers defend action taken in wake of Baby P whistleblower – The Times

Posted November 14th, 2008 in child abuse, news, social services by sally

“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.”

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The Times, 14th November 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Investigation called after child murder case with echoes of Climbie – The Times

Posted November 12th, 2008 in child abuse, murder, news, social services by sally

“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.”

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The Times, 12th November 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Two men found guilty of causing Baby P’s death – The Guardian

Posted November 11th, 2008 in child abuse, news, social services by sally

“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.”

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The Guardian, 11th November 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Ex-officer jailed over sex abuse – BBC News

Posted November 11th, 2008 in child abuse, news, sentencing, sexual offences by sally

“A retired police officer has been jailed for four years after being convicted of a ‘systematic’ campaign of sex abuse against two young girls.”

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BBC News, 10th November 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Mother and lodger cleared of murdering battered boy – The Guardian

Posted October 31st, 2008 in child abuse, murder, news by sally

“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.”

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The Guardian, 31st October 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Child services reforms after Climbié death are hampering efforts, says watchdog – The Guardian

Posted October 29th, 2008 in child abuse, news, social services by sally

“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.”

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The Guardian, 29th October 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk