“A three-year-old boy was found drinking from a can of lager while his parents were at the pub, a court has heard.”
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BBC News, 8th April 2011
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“A three-year-old boy was found drinking from a can of lager while his parents were at the pub, a court has heard.”
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BBC News, 8th April 2011
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“The father of a girl who was starved to death after ‘missed opportunities’ by children’s services to save her is suing Birmingham City Council.”
BBC News, 4th March 2011
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“A mother and stepfather jailed for starving a seven-year-old girl to death have lost their appeals.”
BBC News, 1st March 2011
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“Nurses who were banned from working under a controversial vetting scheme are to launch a major test case against the Government in the European Court.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th January 2011
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“A Kent couple have been jailed for two years for abusing two young boys.”
BBC News, 13th September 2010
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“A drunken mother whose baby daughter died after she took her to bed with her was jailed for 12 weeks today.”
The Independent, 11th December 2009
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“A couple who kept their son and daughter of three and five in ‘squalor almost beyond imagination’ have been given jail terms at Mold Crown Court.”
BBC News, 8th December 2009
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“A mother who locked her toddler son in a room for six weeks has walked free after her nine month jail sentence was quashed appeal court judges.”
BBC News, 30th September 2009
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“A mother-of-three whose children were left alone in squalor has been jailed for six months.”
BBC News, 9th September 2009
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“A mother and father who let their children live in a ‘hell hole’ were today jailed for three years, police said.”
The Independent, 22nd June 2009
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“A West Yorkshire couple who abused their six-week-old daughter and failed to get medical help for her broken bones and meningitis have been jailed.”
BBC News, 4th June 2009
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“A mother who left her two-year-old daughter home alone while she went out shopping has been jailed for nine months.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th May 2009
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“Mother Michelle Brown who left her 22-month-old daughter home alone to die in a fire while she attended a court hearing has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th March 2009
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“A mother who let her three-year-old son smoke a cigarette butt while she talked on the telephone was given a suspended sentence yesterday.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2009
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“The mother and stepfather of a seven-year-old girl who allegedly starved to death are to be charged with her murder, the Crown Prosecution Service announced today.”
The Guardian, 13th August 2008
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“Thousands of young children are at risk of neglect or abuse because the system set up to protect them in the wake of the death of Victoria Climbié is failing.”
The Times, 4th August 2008
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“The mother and stepfather of a seven-year-old girl who allegedly starved to death have been charged with five counts of cruelty to children.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
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“A woman who left her two-year-old son alone for the weekend has been jailed for 18 months.”
BBC News, 27th June 2008
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“A judge today questioned a decision by prosecutors not to pursue a murder charge against a mother who left her three-year-old daughter to die from malnutrition in her bedroom.”
The Guardian, 27th June 2008
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“A woman who left her two-year-old son alone for the weekend while she went out with her boyfriend has been found guilty of child cruelty.”
BBC News, 5th June 2008
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“Eight years after Victoria Climbié died, the lessons of that terrible case seem not to have been learned.”
The Independent, 25th May 2008
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“As Khyra Ishaq’s five siblings came to terms with their new lives in foster care last night, there was a clamour for answers as to how a seven-year-old girl was apparently allowed to starve to death in 21st-century Britain.”
The Times, 23rd May 2008
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“A man and a woman have been charged with neglect after the death of a seven-year-old girl.”
The Times, 22nd May 2008
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“Children at risk of abuse or neglect face even greater danger because of a new system designed to cut costs and speed up care proceedings, the Government has been warned.”
The Times, 6th May 2008
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“A mother who left her 14-year-old daughter home alone for six weeks has been given a 13-week suspended jail sentence.”
BBC News, 10th March 2008
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“A mother who left her 14-year-old daughter at home alone with £100 and a refrigerator full of food while visiting her lover has been convicted of neglect and abandonment and could face jail.”
The Independent, 15th February 2008
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