THIS HAS BEEN an ongoing story for weeks since his mother, her live-in boyfriend and their lodger were convicted of killing (or allowing to be killed) this 2 year old. Due to arcane English law his identity is "protected" (even though he had no siblings and is dead), hence the legalistic monika "Baby P". There's been an outpouring of outrage (and not just in the media) at how on earth this was allowed to happen. When he died the little boy had been tortured for weeks and had injuries so bad they included a broken spine. The police were involved, social services were involved (but it was the London borough of Haringey, the nation's worst). The child's social worker failed to spot the extreme danger he was in and even his family doctor, who examined him 2 days before he finally died failed to spot his broken spine.How on earth such an extreme string of bungling officialdom could have been allowed to practise and how, even after a joint murder conviction the family doctor has not been disciplined and bobody from Haringey Council has been sacked is simply beyond comprehension.
This case has shaken up the entire country. This very morning the Prime Minister was discussing the matter in Parliament.
You would think that a shocking case like this would provoke a shake-up of all the defective systems that failed this poor little boy. But remember: this is modern Britain ~ change for the better is not inevitable, so we'll just have to wait and see.
From the Sun newspaper: Baby P dressed as turn of the (20th) century street urchin. I'm going to have to go now this stuff is too upsetting.
Appearantly according to Channel 4 news the mother has recently had another baby, whilst inside, which has been taken into care.... may explain Baby P as a name.
ReplyDeleteOutrage is good but action is better, so hope all these investigations come up with more workable solutions then just always believing the child is better off with the birth parents despite the social workers reccomendations to the contary.
Indeed a sad, sad story. In the summer there was a little girl in Toronto that was given to a family friend (because her Mom was trying to recover from drug abuse) and her caregivers beat her over a prolonged period of time, eventually resulting in her death. Child services here were involved and had checked on the child over 60 times - makes you wonder how thouroughly they looked at the situation. Unfortunatley, our system is so overburdened that she fell between the cracks. There is absolutley NO EXCUSE for a society to not be there for a child in distress.
ReplyDeleteThese animals are everywhere and social services don't have the resources to handle them. Did you hear the story about 5 New Zealanders convicted this week for putting a 3 year old in a tumble dryer and swinging her on a clothes hoist. One involved - her mother - the other - her mother's boyfriend and cousin. Sickening. We should be licensed to breed.
ReplyDeleteHi Gleds ~~ These are such very sad stories and they happen everywhere. I do
ReplyDeletewish the child protective services did
a better job. They have been nearly always been involved in the cases that lead to death. I don't know how they sleep at night. Try not to be too upset
as there is nothing to be gained by us being upset. Take care of yourself.
Very best wishes, Merle.
How that woman has the nerve to call herself a mother I will never know. I sincerely hope the new baby is taken away from her and I hope both she and the bastard she lived with are tortured when they get inside. There is a text being forwarded revealing the names and address of the three people involved in the murder of baby P.
ReplyDeleteSome people aren't fit to breathe let alone breed :(
ReplyDeleteTruly, all society's should be judged by how well we take care of the young and the elderly. So sad.
ReplyDeleteFIRE BYRD: I know I only found out THAT little "tid" bit yesterday...
ReplyDeleteAUNT R: strange this little child got checked about 60 times as well... for what good it did him...
BAINO: o my God I never heard that one that really is grotesque
MERLE: this one did get to me, I don't know exactly why. And why child protective services are so bad ~ no idea either!
AKELAMALU: and to think lots of poor mothers in prison go through hell as the babies "have" to be taken away after a few months yet that bitch just let the boyf kill hers....(why????)
ReplyDeleteBIMBIMBIE: THAT is true
LONEGREY: That's true as well... hey I was wondering what had happened to you only this very morning and here you are!
R2K: ;->...