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| Judge approves suicidal girl care plan | Judge approves suicidal girl care plan |
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| A senior judge who said society should be "ashamed" for not protecting a suicidal girl has approved a care plan for the teenager. | |
| The girl, known as X, will be moved to a special unit on Thursday after doctors managed to find her a place. | |
| Sir James Munby, the head of the family courts in England and Wales, had criticised the lack of adequate supervision available for the girl. | |
| He said the provision of care "should not be dependent" on legal involvement. | |
| It was "not a matter for congratulation", he added. | |
| Sir James spoke out on Thursday to say there would be "blood on our hands" if the 17-year-old did not receive adequate supervision upon her release from secure custody. | |
| He made his comments after finding out a secure unit place had not been found for the girl, who had made several suicide attempts. | |
| The judgement in the case of X - who is in the formal care of Cumbria County Council - revealed she was convicted at a youth court and has been detained in custody for almost six months. | |
| An earlier ruling heard how unit staff had witnessed "a profoundly disturbing and distressing scene when X self-harmed by repeatedly banging her head and face against the wall". | |
| Sir James said: "I feel shame and embarrassment; shame, as a human being, as a citizen and as an agent of the State, embarrassment as President of the Family Division, and, as such, Head of Family Justice, that I can do no more for X." |