Man's inhumanity to a child - NB - this is NOT nice

[AboveTheSalt]

A 17-month-old boy who was recorded on the Child Protection Register under the categories of neglect and physical abuse died from multiple injuries, including a broken back, last August.

The child had been seen by a locum consultant paediatrician two days before it died. The paediatrician decided that she could not carry out a full systemic examination as he was "miserable and cranky". (Link)

How on earth does this sort of thing still happen?
Surely Social Services should be more proactive in taking "at risk" children into care?

[Pebs]

[cleanbluesky]

According to the article there wasn't enough evidence to convict them when the baby was taken into care. Also, social service tend to intervene as little as possible and by the time they became aware it was too late.

I think the most disturbing thing about the case is that the broken back was cause by pushing the baby over a knee or bannister and then pulling head and toes down either side of it.

[Admiral Huddy]

Having fostering, we resigned due to the fact that we found SS to be anything but caring and a system that is failing our young, this sort of thing doesn't surprise me in the slightest

[Pebs]

Originally Posted by cleanbluesky

I think the most disturbing thing about the case is that the broken back was cause by pushing the baby over a knee or bannister and then pulling head and toes down either side of it.

God almighty I feel sick.

[cleanbluesky]

Originally Posted by Admiral Huddy

Having fostering, we resigned due to the fact that we found SS to be anything but caring and a system that is failing our young, this sort of thing doesn't surprise me in the slightest

I used to work alongside SS and would agree with what you say but its also worth remembering that whilst SS seem apathetic, there are people like yourself (and many other volunteers) who are far from. Also, I'd imagine that you have to find some way of dealing with what you see on a daily basis working in the SS - including the cases that cant be helped due to lack of evidence or legal issues.

[loki]

Originally Posted by cleanbluesky

According to the article there wasn't enough evidence to convict them when the baby was taken into care. Also, social service tend to intervene as little as possible and by the time they became aware it was too late.

I think the most disturbing thing about the case is that the broken back was cause by pushing the baby over a knee or bannister and then pulling head and toes down either side of it.

It really makes you wonder what makes on earth could a child have done to make and adult do something that would cause such pain. Whats more disturbing is that it sounds completely pre-meditated

[Lomster]

That is so sad and sick

I know Children can be hard work and difficult but I really don't understand why anyone would harm them let alone do that to them

[cleanbluesky]

Makes me think of Chris Benoit

[Jello]

Originally Posted by Lomster

I really don't understand why anyone would harm them let alone do that to them

Of course you don't. You know nothing of the circumstances, how can you possibly hope to understand why it happened?

Accepting that some people value life differently is enough, is it not?