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Leaders of collapsed charity Kids Company have said there were four suicide attempts, stabbings and a murder in the wake of its closure.Leaders of collapsed charity Kids Company have said there were four suicide attempts, stabbings and a murder in the wake of its closure.
Chairman of trustees Alan Yentob made the claim as he and founder Camila Batmanghelidjh faced questions from MPs about how the charity was run.Chairman of trustees Alan Yentob made the claim as he and founder Camila Batmanghelidjh faced questions from MPs about how the charity was run.
Mr Yentob said the murder of a boy who had been using the charity's services took place five days after it shut.Mr Yentob said the murder of a boy who had been using the charity's services took place five days after it shut.
He said it was related to "the absence of a place for these children to go".He said it was related to "the absence of a place for these children to go".
Follow live text and video updates of the hearingFollow live text and video updates of the hearing
The leaders of the charity, which had supported vulnerable young people before its closure in August, again rejected claims of financial mismanagement. Committee chairman Bernard Jenkin said the MPs were advised the violence was in part because "desperate kids no longer had money to pay their drug pushers".
Mr Yentob, who is also the BBC's creative director, told the Public Administration Select Committee no figure over £5,000 could be spent without the decision being taken to the board and there were quarterly audits of how money was spent. But Mr Yentob reacted by saying that was a "terrible allegation".
Ms Batmanghelidjh also insisted the charity was "intensely inspected". The leaders of the charity, which had supported vulnerable young people, again rejected claims of financial mismanagement.
Kids Company collapsed just days after receiving a £3m grant from the Cabinet Office and in the midst of a police investigation. Kids Company collapsed in August just days after receiving a £3m grant from the Cabinet Office and in the midst of a police investigation.
The closure came after ministers said they wanted to recover the £3m grant - with officials saying they believed conditions attached to the use of the money had not been met. The closure came after ministers said they wanted to recover the grant - with officials saying they believed conditions attached to the use of the money had not been met.
The hearing before MPs comes after documents seen by BBC Newsnight and BuzzFeed News showed the Pilgrim Trust, a charity which disburses about £2m a year, wrote to the Charity Commission in 2002 to raise concerns about Kids Company. But the pair claimed the charity would not have folded if it were not for "malicious allegations" of sexual abuse.
Mr Yentob, who is also the BBC's creative director, told the Public Administration Select Committee:
In a series of heated exchanges with MPs Ms Batmanghelidjh defended the work her charity had been doing:
The hearing before MPs came after documents seen by BBC Newsnight and BuzzFeed News showed the Pilgrim Trust, a charity which disburses about £2m a year, wrote to the Charity Commission in 2002 to raise concerns about Kids Company.
In the letter, Pilgrim Trust director Georgina Naylor noted an "absence of financial acumen from the director of Kids Company".In the letter, Pilgrim Trust director Georgina Naylor noted an "absence of financial acumen from the director of Kids Company".
'Against the odds''Against the odds'
In 2006, another charity, New Philanthropy Capital, raised concerns in a private report sent only to Kids Company trustees.In 2006, another charity, New Philanthropy Capital, raised concerns in a private report sent only to Kids Company trustees.
It noted issues including "weak finances" and a "lack of any strategic planning".It noted issues including "weak finances" and a "lack of any strategic planning".
The letter added: "Although the organisation has survived for 10 years, it has many problems and its continued existence is a triumph against the odds, and a testament to its wealthy and influential donors."The letter added: "Although the organisation has survived for 10 years, it has many problems and its continued existence is a triumph against the odds, and a testament to its wealthy and influential donors."
The National Audit Office is investigating grants given to Kids Company, and the charity is also the subject of a statutory investigation by the Charity Commission and an inquiry by the Constitutional Affairs Committee.The National Audit Office is investigating grants given to Kids Company, and the charity is also the subject of a statutory investigation by the Charity Commission and an inquiry by the Constitutional Affairs Committee.
Kids Company, which has said "very few charities" have faced the level of scrutiny it has faced in recent years, cites a long list of "thorough and positive reports relating to Kids Company's beneficiaries, activities and value for money".Kids Company, which has said "very few charities" have faced the level of scrutiny it has faced in recent years, cites a long list of "thorough and positive reports relating to Kids Company's beneficiaries, activities and value for money".