Category: child cruelty

Another Re W – a successful appeal against refusal for leave to oppose an adoption – Transparency Project

Posted February 24th, 2020 in adoption, appeals, care orders, child cruelty, child neglect, children, expert witnesses, families, news, social services by sally

‘In this unusual case, Re W (A child: leave to oppose adoption) [2020] EWCA (Civ) 16, the Court of Appeal has given birth parents leave to oppose an adoption order being made. The child is nearly three years old and has been living with his prospective adopters since he was aged 17 months, in November 2018, after care and placement orders had been made in March of that year. He has never lived with his parents and has not had any contact with them since October 2018.’

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Transparency Project, 23rd February 2020

Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk

Oxford grooming trial: Three men jailed for sexually abusing girl – BBC News

Posted February 14th, 2020 in child abuse, child cruelty, children, imprisonment, news, rape, sentencing, sexual grooming, sexual offences, victims by sally

‘Three men have been jailed for sexually abusing a schoolgirl in Oxford following an investigation into child sexual exploitation.’

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BBC News, 13th February 2020

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Child cruelty case triggers call for home schooling review – The Guardian

Posted January 30th, 2020 in child abuse, child cruelty, child neglect, domestic violence, education, news by tracey

‘Child protection experts have called for a national review of home schooling following an inquiry into a case in which a violent stepfather and his partner subjected their young son to extreme neglect and abuse.’

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The Guardian, 29th January 2020

Source: www.theguardian.com

Wales to bring in smacking ban after assembly vote – BBC News

Posted January 29th, 2020 in assault, bills, child cruelty, children, families, news, Wales by sally

‘A law banning people in Wales from smacking their children has been passed by the Welsh Assembly.’

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BBC News, 28th January 2020

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Judge believes blameless parents and sends baby home – Transparency Project

Posted December 9th, 2019 in accidents, child cruelty, children, families, news, social services by sally

‘His Honour Judge Dancey has published a judgment in which he explains why he has decided that social services have failed to prove that either parent caused a skull fracture sustained by their baby, with the result that the baby is going home. The judge decided that the evidence did not prove that the fracture had been inflicted as opposed to caused accidentally, and the injury just remained unexplained. The baby has made a full recovery, by the way.’

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Transparency Project, 7th December 2019

Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk

Baby P’s mother should not be freed, says Parole Board – The Guardian

Posted December 9th, 2019 in causing death of children or vulnerable adults, child cruelty, children, families, news, parole by sally

‘Tracey Connelly, the mother of Baby P, who died after months of abuse, should not be freed from jail or moved to an open prison, the Parole Board has decided.’

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The Guardian, 6th December 2019

Source: www.theguardian.com

Enraged mother threw her own baby at police officer causing spinal injury – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 3rd, 2019 in child cruelty, children, grievous bodily harm, news, police, sentencing, suspended sentences by tracey

‘A police officer suffered a life-changing spinal injury after a mother threw her own child at them in a rage, a court heard.’

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Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2019

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Speech by https://www.innertemplelibrary.com/wp-admin/edit.phpSir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division: “If only we had known then what we know now” – Courts & Tribunals Judiciary

Posted December 2nd, 2019 in child abuse, child cruelty, speeches by tracey

‘Speech by Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division: “If only we had known then what we know now” ‘

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Courts & Tribunals Judiciary, 29th November 2019

Source: www.judiciary.uk

Former minister’s son branded ‘manipulative’ as he is jailed for seven years for killing toddler with car seat – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 15th, 2019 in assault, causing death of children or vulnerable adults, child cruelty, children, conspiracy, homicide, intimidation, negligence, news, perverting the course of justice, sentencing, witnesses by tracey

‘A former minister’s son has been branded “manipulative and cunning” as he was jailed for seven years for killing a three-year-old with a car seat.’

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Daily Telegraph, 14th November 2019

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Shaken baby syndrome cases ‘tip of the iceberg’ – BBC News

Posted October 7th, 2019 in causing death of children or vulnerable adults, child cruelty, children, families, grievous bodily harm, news, sentencing, statistics by tracey

‘More than 220 infants in the UK were killed or injured as a result of being shaken in the past decade, analysis of NSPCC figures has found. Serious case reviews were carried out on 1,253 children, with nearly one in six of those reports concluding the youngster had suffered a brain injury. The charity said it believed that number was “the tip of the iceberg”.

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BBC News, 7th October 2019

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Drunk mum Marina Tilby who fell asleep on baby freed from jail – BBC News

Posted September 11th, 2019 in alcohol abuse, appeals, causing death of children or vulnerable adults, child cruelty, children, early release, families, news by tracey

‘A mother jailed over the death of her four-week-old baby after she fell asleep on top of him has been freed by Court of Appeal judges.’

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BBC News, 10th September 2019

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Man admits crushing boy, 3, to death with car seat – The Guardian

Posted September 3rd, 2019 in causing death of children or vulnerable adults, child cruelty, children, conspiracy, guilty pleas, homicide, negligence, news, perverting the course of justice by sally

‘A man has admitted crushing a three-year-old boy to death with his car seat.’

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The Guardian, 2nd September 2019

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Babies living with abusive parents under 24-hour CCTV, as Children’s Commissioner calls for review into the ‘Big Brother-style’ centres – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 5th, 2019 in child abuse, child cruelty, children, closed circuit television, families, local government, news, social services, Supreme Court by tracey

‘Babies are living with abusive parents under 24-hour CCTV surveillance, The Telegraph can reveal, as the Children’s Commissioner calls for a review into the ‘Big Brother-style’ accommodation.

However “disturbing” cases – which have remained unreported until now – where children have been physically injured and sexually abused while living in the units have prompted the Children’s Commissioner to call for a review into the controversial scheme.’

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Daily Telegraph, 4th August 2019

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Northampton child cruelty: Parents jailed for cruelty – BBC News

Posted May 29th, 2019 in child cruelty, families, news, sentencing by tracey

‘Parents who locked their son in a room, banned him from speaking and fed him old food have been jailed.’

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BBC News, 28th May 2019

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Spotlight on child protection in family courts – Ministry of Justice

Posted May 23rd, 2019 in bills, child cruelty, children, consultations, domestic violence, families, family courts, press releases, victims by tracey

‘A panel of experts will review how the family courts protect children and parents in cases of domestic abuse and other serious offences, Ministers announced today (Tuesday 21 May).’

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Ministry of Justice, 21st May 2019

Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice

Voices of children overlooked in family courts, says ex-head – BBC News

Posted May 16th, 2019 in budgets, causing death of children or vulnerable adults, child cruelty, children, domestic violence, families, family courts, legal aid, legal representation, litigants in person, Ministry of Justice, news, victims by sally

‘Family courts in England and Wales are not properly accommodating children’s voices and needs because the government has suggested “it would all cost too much”, their former head has said.’

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BBC News, 16th May 2019

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

St Austell boy, 9, made to do ‘boot camp exercises’ – BBC News

Posted April 2nd, 2019 in child cruelty, children, news, sentencing, suspended sentences by tracey

‘A nine-year-old boy was taken from his bed and forced to perform boot camp-style exercises by his parents and step parents for three hours.

His mother and stepfather admitted child cruelty and were given suspended jail terms. His father and stepmother were cautioned by the police.’

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BBC News, 1st April 2019

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Smacking children to be banned in Wales – The Guardian

Posted March 25th, 2019 in assault, bills, child cruelty, children, families, news, Wales by sally

‘Parents are to be banned from physically punishing children under legislation being introduced on Monday by the Welsh government.’

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The Guardian, 25th March 2019

Source: www.theguardian.com

Father jailed for ‘monstrous’ acid attack on his three-year-old son – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 7th, 2019 in assault, child cruelty, children, conspiracy, families, hazardous substances, news, sentencing by tracey

‘A father plotted a “monstrous” acid attack against his three-year-old son in bid to win custody from his mother, a court has ruled.’

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Daily Telegraph, 6th March 2019

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Alfie Lamb: Car death accused mum guilty of cruelty – BBC News

Posted February 22nd, 2019 in child cruelty, homicide, news, perverting the course of justice, road traffic by tracey

‘The mother of a three-year-old boy allegedly crushed by a car seat has been found guilty of child cruelty.’

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BBC News, 21st February 2019

Source: www.bbc.co.uk