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Children Are Being Abused By The State social services And Parents, Foster Parents Child Carers etc. Social Services, cafcass, child protection services need to do more checks so mistakes don’t happen again. children being abused or at a high risk of being abused need to be removed, children that are safe in their parents care should stay at home. No excuses Children Should Be Safe, Weather In Care or At Home.
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Children Are Being Abused By The State social services And Parents, Foster Parents Child Carers etc. Social Services, cafcass, child protection services need to do more checks so mistakes don’t happen again. children being abused or at a high risk of being abused need to be removed, children that are safe in their parents care should stay at home. No excuses Children Should Be Safe, Weather In Care or At Home.
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A doctor who failed to spot Baby P’s broken ribs and back during an examination has been suspended by the General Medical Council (GMC).
Dr Sabah Al-Zayyat missed the injuries days before the 17-month-old boy died in a blood-splattered cot following abuse from his mother, her boyfriend and their lodger Jason Owen.
The GMC said its Interim Orders Panel had decided to suspend Dr Al-Zayyat’s registration.
“Investigations are ongoing and it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage,” it said.
Baby P died in a blood-spattered cot in Haringey, north London, in August last year despite 60 visits from the authorities over eight months.
His mother, her boyfriend and Owen, 36, will be sentenced at the Old Bailey on December 15 for causing or allowing the child’s death.
Earlier, Barnardo’s chief executive Martin Narey warned that child poverty was linked to offending and had to be tackled.
The former Prison Service boss suggested Baby P could have become “feral, a parasite, a yob, helping to infest our streets” if he had lived.
Mr Narey used Baby P as an example of a disadvantaged child who may have gone on to offend and be locked up as a result of his background.
“It is very significant that last week, I, along with the whole country, was shocked by the tragic events surrounding Baby P,” he said.
“It saddens me that the probability is that, had Baby P survived, given his own deprivation, he might have been unruly by the time he had reached the age of 13 or 14.
“At which point he’d have become feral, a parasite, a yob, helping to infest our streets. The response to his criminal behaviour would have been to lock him up – but we believe these children deserve better.”
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The prime minister has said any necessary changes will be made to the system in the wake of the abuse by a father who raped his two daughters.
Gordon Brown said people were “outraged” by the “unspeakable” abuse perpetrated against the women.
His comments follow demands by MPs in Sheffield to know how the father’s actions went undetected by agencies.
The 56-year-old Sheffield man was jailed for life after fathering nine children by his daughters.
An independent review is investigating the contact health professionals, police and social services had with the victims.
During Prime Minister’s Questions at the House of Commons, Gordon Brown said: “People will want to know how such abuse could go on for so long without the authorities and the wider public services discovering it and taking action.
“If there is a change to be made in the system and the system has failed, we will change the system.”
Meanwhile, Sheffield MPs Nick Clegg and David Blunkett have called for the inquiry to uncover any failings in the system.
The father, who admitted 25 rapes, was sentenced to a minimum term of 19-and-a-half years by judge Alan Goldsack QC, who said the case was the worst he had seen in 40 years.
The attacks led to 19 pregnancies. Nine of the children were born, two of whom died on the day of their birth.
The other 10 pregnancies were miscarried or aborted.
‘Big questions’
Nick Clegg, Lib Dem leader and Sheffield Hallam MP, said: “I can’t imagine a better definition of being evil than torturing your own children in this abusive way.”
Asked by BBC News “Where were the medical professionals? Where were the social workers?”, Mr Clegg answered: “Yes, we don’t know. Those are the big questions that need to be asked.
“The other questions are for people at school. The girls went to school. Did they not notice anything?
“The girls were in and out of hospital – did they not notice anything?
“They’ve got someone from outside to look at it independently and make sure that we know if there have been any major failings in the system that those are brought to light.”
Labour’s Sheffield Brightside MP and former Home Secretary David Blunkett said: “Those who at least made an effort to do something should not be the ones who are pinpointed – it is those who did not who should examine their conscience.”
Sheffield Crown Court heard the abuse started when the women were pre-pubescent.
The father moved the family around, including Sheffield and Lincolnshire, to keep them isolated and to avoid detection.
The court heard that none of the doctors, nurses or social workers the victims saw looked into why they kept getting pregnant.
Social services criticised
The case ended two weeks after Haringey Council in London came under fire over the death of Baby P.
The 17-month-old boy died in August last year in a blood-stained cot after months of abuse, despite 60 visits from authorities over eight months.
Children’s Secretary Ed Balls has ordered an inquiry into Haringey’s child welfare services.
Baby P’s mother, her boyfriend and her lodger are due to be sentenced on 15 December after being convicted of causing or allowing the child’s death.
James Baird, representing the father in the Sheffield abuse case, criticised social services in both Sheffield and Lincolnshire, where the family had lived.
He said there had been many hospital appointments where staff had “accepted the complainants’ case that the father of their children was not their father”.
Jayne Ludlam, director of young people’s services Sheffield City Council, confirmed a Serious Case Review had been launched, to be led by former civil servant Professor Pat Cantrill.
Peter Duxbury, director of children’s services at Lincolnshire County Council and chairman of the Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Board, said since the events child protection systems had been improved.
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The prime minister has said any necessary changes will be made to the system in the wake of the abuse by a father who raped his two daughters.
Gordon Brown said people were “outraged” by the “unspeakable” abuse perpetrated against the women.
His comments follow demands by MPs in Sheffield to know how the father’s actions went undetected by agencies.
The 56-year-old Sheffield man was jailed for life after fathering nine children by his daughters.
An independent review is investigating the contact health professionals, police and social services had with the victims.
During Prime Minister’s Questions at the House of Commons, Gordon Brown said: “People will want to know how such abuse could go on for so long without the authorities and the wider public services discovering it and taking action.
“If there is a change to be made in the system and the system has failed, we will change the system.”
Meanwhile, Sheffield MPs Nick Clegg and David Blunkett have called for the inquiry to uncover any failings in the system.
The father, who admitted 25 rapes, was sentenced to a minimum term of 19-and-a-half years by judge Alan Goldsack QC, who said the case was the worst he had seen in 40 years.
The attacks led to 19 pregnancies. Nine of the children were born, two of whom died on the day of their birth.
The other 10 pregnancies were miscarried or aborted.
‘Big questions’
Nick Clegg, Lib Dem leader and Sheffield Hallam MP, said: “I can’t imagine a better definition of being evil than torturing your own children in this abusive way.”
Asked by BBC News “Where were the medical professionals? Where were the social workers?”, Mr Clegg answered: “Yes, we don’t know. Those are the big questions that need to be asked.
“The other questions are for people at school. The girls went to school. Did they not notice anything?
“The girls were in and out of hospital – did they not notice anything?
“They’ve got someone from outside to look at it independently and make sure that we know if there have been any major failings in the system that those are brought to light.”
Labour’s Sheffield Brightside MP and former Home Secretary David Blunkett said: “Those who at least made an effort to do something should not be the ones who are pinpointed – it is those who did not who should examine their conscience.”
Sheffield Crown Court heard the abuse started when the women were pre-pubescent.
The father moved the family around, including Sheffield and Lincolnshire, to keep them isolated and to avoid detection.
The court heard that none of the doctors, nurses or social workers the victims saw looked into why they kept getting pregnant.
Social services criticised
The case ended two weeks after Haringey Council in London came under fire over the death of Baby P.
The 17-month-old boy died in August last year in a blood-stained cot after months of abuse, despite 60 visits from authorities over eight months.
Children’s Secretary Ed Balls has ordered an inquiry into Haringey’s child welfare services.
Baby P’s mother, her boyfriend and her lodger are due to be sentenced on 15 December after being convicted of causing or allowing the child’s death.
James Baird, representing the father in the Sheffield abuse case, criticised social services in both Sheffield and Lincolnshire, where the family had lived.
He said there had been many hospital appointments where staff had “accepted the complainants’ case that the father of their children was not their father”.
Jayne Ludlam, director of young people’s services Sheffield City Council, confirmed a Serious Case Review had been launched, to be led by former civil servant Professor Pat Cantrill.
Peter Duxbury, director of children’s services at Lincolnshire County Council and chairman of the Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Board, said since the events child protection systems had been improved.
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The prime minister has said any necessary changes would be made to the system in the wake of the abuse by a father who raped his daughters.
His comments follow calls by MPs in Sheffield who have demanded to know how the father’s actions were able to go undetected by official agencies.
The 56-year-old man was jailed for life on Tuesday after fathering nine children by the two women.
Gordon Brown said people were “outraged” by the “unspeakable” abuse.
An independent review is investigating the contact health professionals, police and social services had with the victims.
During Prime Minister’s Questions at the House of Commons, Gordon Brown said MPs and the public were “outraged” by the abuse.
Meanwhile, Sheffield MPs Nick Clegg and David Blunkett have called for the inquiry to uncover any failings in the system.
The father, who admitted 25 rapes, was sentenced to a minimum term of 19-and-a-half years by judge Alan Goldsack QC, who said the case was the worst he had seen in 40 years.
Nick Clegg, Lib Dem leader and Sheffield Hallam MP, said the inquiry needed to establish the role of professionals and social and medical workers in the case, and whether there had been failings in the system.
He said: “I can’t imagine a better definition of being evil than torturing your own children in this abusive way. Some of the details are just heart-rending.
“Of course the question is how on earth did something like this happen without someone noticing?”
Asked by BBC News “Where were the medical professionals? Where were the social workers?”, Mr Clegg answered: “Yes, we don’t know. Those are the big questions that need to be asked.
“The other questions are for people at school. The girls went to school. Did they not notice anything?
“The girls were in and out of hospital – did they not notice anything?
“That’s why I spoke last night to the leader of Sheffield City Council, to the Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police and this all needs to be looked at completely independently.
“That’s the crucial thing. They’ve got someone from outside to look at it independently and make sure that we know if there have been any major failings in the system that those are brought to light.”
‘Avoid detection’
Labour’s Sheffield Brightside MP and former Home Secretary David Blunkett said the inquiry needed to focus on agencies that could have intervened but did not.
He said: “Those who at least made an effort to do something should not be the ones who are pinpointed – it is those who did not who should examine their conscience.”
Sheffield Crown Court heard the abuse started when the women were pre-pubescent.
The father moved the family from village to village in rural locations, including Sheffield and Lincolnshire, to keep them isolated and to avoid detection.
The court heard that none of the doctors, nurses or social workers the victims saw looked into why they kept getting pregnant.
‘Significant changes’
James Baird, representing the defendant, criticised social services in both Sheffield and Lincolnshire, where the family had lived.
He said: “What is clear from the case is that the complainants and the children have attended many, many hospital appointments, but none of the medical experts have sought to probe these circumstances, and accepted the complainants’ case that the father of their children was not their father.”
Jayne Ludlam, director of young people’s services at Sheffield City Council, confirmed a Serious Case Review had been launched, to be led by former civil servant Professor Pat Cantrill.
Peter Duxby, director of children’s services at Lincolnshire County Council and chairman of the Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Board, said since the events, child protection systems had been improved.
“Significant improvements have been made to ensure the safety of children in Lincolnshire,” he said.
“In line with Lord Laming’s recommendations in 2003, there has been a wholesale reorganisation of children’s services and the establishment of a Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Board which provides effective management and ensures proper standards for the safety of children are maintained.
“We will be co-operating with Sheffield in the completion of an independent review.”
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The fact that Baby P was allowed to die despite 60 visits from Haringey Social Services is a national disgrace.I believe that ALL the social workers involved in the case of Baby P, including Sharon Shoesmith, Maria Ward and Gillie Christou should be sacked – and never allowed to work with vulnerable children again.I call on Beverley Hughes, the Children’s Minister, and Ed Balls, the Education Secretary, to ensure that those responsible are removed from their positions immediately.I also demand that the doctor and health visitor involved with Baby P, Dr Sabah Al-Zayyat and Paulette Thomas, should also lose their jobs.I call on the General Medical Council to ensure that they do.
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A father who got his two daughters pregnant 19 times in a 25-year campaign of sexual abuse has been jailed for life.
The 56-year-old man “took pleasure” in knowing the harm he was doing to his two daughters and threatened them with a “real hiding” if they refused to have sex with him, Sheffield Crown Court heard.
The Recorder of Sheffield, Judge Alan Goldsack, ordered the rapist to serve a minimum of 19 and a half years before being considered for parole.
The defendant made his elder daughter pregnant seven times, fathering two children by her. She bore two other babies but they died the day they were born.
He made his younger daughter pregnant 12 times and she has five surviving children. The man also had a son, who lived with them until his teenage years.
Prosecutor Nicholas Campbell QC said: “All the defendant’s children spoke of his domination over their family life.”
He added: “All the family were frightened of him. When they heard his car pulling up outside the house, the children and their mother ran to their respective rooms.
“His son described him as having a Jekyll and Hyde personality and that his dad had a one-second fuse and that he could flip and turn just with the click of his fingers.”
Mr Campbell said the daughters were raped every three days at times, adding: “One sister would babysit the other children while the other was being raped.
“One of them did try to offer him £100 a month to stop and paid it from her child benefit. That went on for two to three months.”
The daughters gave their father as much whisky as he wanted in the hope he would drink himself to death.
But it was not until last summer that the younger daughter managed to flee her father’s grasp.
The defendant, from Sheffield, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted 25 rapes and four indecent assaults last month.
He has been compared with the Austrian rapist Josef Fritzl, who kept his daughter locked in a dungeon for 24 years as he fathered seven children with her.
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A man who fathered nine children by raping his two daughters over many years has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 19-and-a half years.
The 56-year-old from Sheffield was sentenced to a life term for each of the 25 rapes he had admitted.
The attacks led to 19 pregnancies, Sheffield Crown Court heard.
Judge Alan Goldsack QC said the case was the worst he had come across in nearly 40 years of dealing with criminal cases.
Nine of the children were born, two of whom died on the day of their birth. The other 10 pregnancies were miscarried or aborted.
Ian Keates, for the Crown Prosecution Service in South Yorkshire, said: “The abuse to which the women have been subjected is beyond comprehension.”
“In his treatment of his victims the defendant sank to the most profound depths of depravity.”
Jayne Ludlam, director of children’s and young people’s services at Sheffield City Council, said the abuse was revealed to social workers in June.
Ms Ludlam said: “This is one of the most harrowing cases we have had to deal with and to say we are shocked to find this level of abuse being perpetrated by this person is an understatement.
“Due to the seriousness of this case an independent review has already been launched which will look into the circumstances surrounding the case and the contact the agencies had with the victims.”
‘Russian roulette’
Sheffield Crown Court was told that the father, who also pleaded guilty to four indecent assaults, “took pleasure” in knowing the harm he was doing to his daughters.
He refused to leave his prison cell to come to court to hear the sentencing.
The court heard that the sexual abuse started when the two sisters reached the age of eight but that they only realised the other was being abused when they became pregnant some years later.
The father moved the family from village to village in rural locations to keep them isolated.
The court heard that on a number of occasions doctors advised the women to stop having children by the same father.
On one occasion a doctor asked one of the women whether her father was also the father of her child. She flatly denied the accusation.
Nicholas Campbell QC said: “The defendant played Russian roulette as to whether there would be complications in the pregnancies and with the health of his daughters.”
Their father, who cannot be named for legal reasons, threatened them with a “real hiding” if they refused to have sex with him.
Mr Campbell said: “All the defendant’s children spoke of his domination over their family life. He was tall and strongly built.”
“All the family were frightened of him. When they heard his car pulling up outside the house, the children and their mother ran to their respective rooms.
“His younger daughter told of the frightening habit her father had of putting her head next to the flames of their gas fire and that when she struggled to get away on certain occasions she burnt her eyes.”
Childline plea
On one occasion, the women called Childline and asked for a guarantee that they could keep their children, but when one was not offered they ended the call.
Mr Campbell said: “When either one of his victims tried to end the sexual abuse, he threatened to kill them and their children, and when they threatened to tell police, he said they would not be believed.
“He said that if they went public then the children would be taken away from them.
“All the time, when the sisters were challenged about the paternity of their children, they would cover it up.
“They started taking the pill. He said they should not be taking it and, just as they felt unable to avoid his sexual abuse, they obeyed.
“They spoke of his pleasure at fathering their children whilst at the same time they had fears for the welfare of these children and how they would cope.”
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