“The mother and stepfather of Daniel Pelka have been jailed for life for starving, torturing and battering the four-year-old boy to death.”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2013
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“A German woman who was jailed for locking up her three children in squalid conditions has won a legal challenge against the Home Office’s bid to deport her, The Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th July 2013
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“A council has been stripped of its powers to provide child protection by the education secretary, Michael Gove, after the latest in a series of damning reports found its services could not overcome a persistent culture of ‘failure and disillusion’.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2013
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“A mother described by police as a ‘monster’ has been jailed for life for murdering her two-year-old son.”
BBC News, 25th June 2013
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“A mother has been found guilty of murdering her two-year-old son.”
BBC News, 24th June 2013
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“An illegal immigrant jailed for hitting his children has won a battle against deportation in the UK.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th June 2013
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“A review into how a mother was able to force her adopted child to impregnate herself has found agencies missed opportunities to intervene.”
BBC News, 5th June 2013
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“A couple who filled their home with junk have been given suspended prison sentences for child cruelty.”
BBC News, 10th May 2013
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“A 32-year-old man who seriously assaulted and neglected a four-month-old baby boy has been jailed for eight years.”
BBC News, 1st May 2013
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“A mother forced her 14-year-old adopted daughter to inseminate herself with donor sperm to provide a baby for her after she was prevented from adopting any more children, it can be revealed. The daughter, a virgin, is believed to have miscarried at 14, but went on to have a baby at 16 after regularly inseminating herself with sperm bought over the internet by her ‘domineering’ mother because she was too scared to refuse. Details of the shocking case have emerged in a previously secret court judgment, which can be reported today for the first time and which raises serious questions over loopholes in international adoptions and the regulation of the global traffic in gametes.”
The Guardian, 28th April 2013
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“A couple whose two-year-old son died after drinking his mother’s methadone have been jailed for his manslaughter.uple whose two-year-old son died after drinking his mother’s methadone have been jailed for his manslaughter.”
The Guardian, 19th February 2013
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“The mother of a four-month-old boy who died when a television fell on his head has been jailed.”
BBC News, 31st January 2013
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“A factory worker who shook his girlfriend’s baby son to death has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 19th December 2012
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“A self-professed karate expert who beat up a toddler so badly he broke the boy’s leg has been jailed for 14 years.”
BBC News, 20th November 2012
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“A mother who shaved her young son’s head and eyebrows and forced him to use a wheelchair to make it appear he was seriously ill so she could claim £85,000 in benefits has been jailed.”
The Guardian, 13th November 2012
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“Ben Butler, found to have shaken his seven week old baby in both care proceedings and criminal proceedings in 2008, has finally been declared an innocent man. Ben had taken his daughter Ellie to hospital after she had collapsed with breathing problems, but suspicion quickly fell on him when doctors believed the symptoms she displayed were conclusive evidence of shaking. Five years on, and the discovery of medical evidence that no one had previously seen, a high court judge has exonerated Ben of any wrongdoing.”
The Guardian, 18th October 2012
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“A mother jailed after her children complained to social services that she had smacked them has been freed on appeal.”
BBC News, 1st October 2012
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“A religious teacher at a Lancashire mosque who admitted using torture techniques on four children has been given a suspended sentence.”
BBC News, 7th September 2012
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“A toddler died from a methadone overdose after professionals who had long-standing contact with the boy and his drug-using parents missed opportunities to take him into care, a report has revealed.”
The Guardian, 4th September 2012
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“A father has been jailed for five years for causing injuries to his baby son that resembled those of a crash victim.”
BBC News, 29th June 2012
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