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| Leicester boy lived with paedophile for two years, court hears | Leicester boy lived with paedophile for two years, court hears |
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| Social services staff have been criticised after a boy spent two years living with a relative who was a convicted paedophile. | Social services staff have been criticised after a boy spent two years living with a relative who was a convicted paedophile. |
| Judge Clifford Bellamy said Leicester City Council had not undertaken a "robust risk assessment" of the boy's great-great-uncle who had been jailed for sexual abuse. | Judge Clifford Bellamy said Leicester City Council had not undertaken a "robust risk assessment" of the boy's great-great-uncle who had been jailed for sexual abuse. |
| The city's family court heard the nine-year-old had a "complex" home life. | The city's family court heard the nine-year-old had a "complex" home life. |
| The judge said the boy should be placed into foster care. | The judge said the boy should be placed into foster care. |
| 'Low risk' | |
| A city council spokesman said the child has already been moved to an "appropriate placement." | |
| The judge explained in a written ruling the boy's mother had mental health problems and separated from his father several years ago and was now in a lesbian relationship. | |
| His father has dwarfism, an alcohol problem and had been convicted of having unlawful sex with a 16-year-old girl when he was 21. | His father has dwarfism, an alcohol problem and had been convicted of having unlawful sex with a 16-year-old girl when he was 21. |
| Updates from this story and more from Leicestershire | Updates from this story and more from Leicestershire |
| The boy had been living in the care of his great-great-uncle, who was in his 70s, who had been given an eight-year jail term in the early 1990s. | The boy had been living in the care of his great-great-uncle, who was in his 70s, who had been given an eight-year jail term in the early 1990s. |
| He had admitted unlawful sexual intercourse and a serious sexual offence with his niece when she was aged between 11 and 13. | He had admitted unlawful sexual intercourse and a serious sexual offence with his niece when she was aged between 11 and 13. |
| Judge Bellamy said the man had been released on licence after serving five years and was assessed as "low risk". | Judge Bellamy said the man had been released on licence after serving five years and was assessed as "low risk". |
| The concerns were raised after the judge was asked to make decisions about the long-term future of the boy at the hearing. | The concerns were raised after the judge was asked to make decisions about the long-term future of the boy at the hearing. |
| He said the council had lacked "any sense of urgency" in bringing the case to the attention of a family court judge. | He said the council had lacked "any sense of urgency" in bringing the case to the attention of a family court judge. |
| A city council spokesman said: "This case does not appear to have been handled appropriately, or with the urgency required, and our own review is under way. | |
| "We have already put in place new systems to improve and oversee the way assessments are carried out, and further work is under way to ensure court proceedings are expedited." | |
| The judge also ruled that none of those involved in the case could be identified. |