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| Review ordered after abuse death | Review ordered after abuse death |
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| The death of a 17-month-old boy after months of abuse, despite him being on an at-risk register, has sparked an review of child protection in England. | The death of a 17-month-old boy after months of abuse, despite him being on an at-risk register, has sparked an review of child protection in England. |
| It comes as two men were found guilty of causing his death in August 2007. | It comes as two men were found guilty of causing his death in August 2007. |
| The boy, from Haringey, north London, suffered 50 injuries, and the case has revealed a series of failings by social workers, health workers and police. | The boy, from Haringey, north London, suffered 50 injuries, and the case has revealed a series of failings by social workers, health workers and police. |
| The case is described as worse than that of Victoria Climbie, who was murdered in Haringey in 2000. | The case is described as worse than that of Victoria Climbie, who was murdered in Haringey in 2000. |
| Lord Laming, who chaired the inquiry into eight-year-old Victoria's death, has now been asked to prepare "an independent report of progress made across the country". | Lord Laming, who chaired the inquiry into eight-year-old Victoria's death, has now been asked to prepare "an independent report of progress made across the country". |
| He described the latest case as "dispiriting". | |
| Judith Reed of the CPS gave her reaction to the verdict | |
| "It would be awful wherever it happened, but it seems particularly sad that it has happened in the same area where Victoria experienced this awful cruelty and a terrible death and involved the very same services," he said. | "It would be awful wherever it happened, but it seems particularly sad that it has happened in the same area where Victoria experienced this awful cruelty and a terrible death and involved the very same services," he said. |
| "One of the marked differences with this child is that this child had already been identified as being in danger of being deliberately harmed." | |
| The death of Victoria Climbie prompted a complete rethink about looking after vulnerable children. | The death of Victoria Climbie prompted a complete rethink about looking after vulnerable children. |
| In his report, Lord Laming found agencies were passing the buck and not communicating. He made various recommendations and demanded major legal and structural change. | In his report, Lord Laming found agencies were passing the buck and not communicating. He made various recommendations and demanded major legal and structural change. |
| Warnings given | Warnings given |
| During the court case it emerged that the boy - known as Baby P - was visited 60 times over eight months by social workers, doctors, health workers, and other child protection professionals. | |
| After a nine week trial, Jason Owen, 36, from Bromley, and a 32-year-old man were convicted on Tuesday of "causing or allowing the death of a child or vulnerable person". | After a nine week trial, Jason Owen, 36, from Bromley, and a 32-year-old man were convicted on Tuesday of "causing or allowing the death of a child or vulnerable person". |
| The boy was found dead in his cot on 3 August 2007 | The boy was found dead in his cot on 3 August 2007 |
| The boy's mother had pleaded guilty to causing the death of the child and all three will be sentenced on 15 December. | The boy's mother had pleaded guilty to causing the death of the child and all three will be sentenced on 15 December. |
| Two social workers and a lawyer have been given warnings over the case. | Two social workers and a lawyer have been given warnings over the case. |
| Children's Minister Beverley Hughes told BBC News that questions needed to be asked of Haringey Council. | Children's Minister Beverley Hughes told BBC News that questions needed to be asked of Haringey Council. |
| "I certainly want to investigate further the situation in Haringey," she said. | "I certainly want to investigate further the situation in Haringey," she said. |
| "I think it's a perfectly reasonable question given that this happened before in the same place eight years ago. | "I think it's a perfectly reasonable question given that this happened before in the same place eight years ago. |
| " A second child should not have died in these circumstances, when the authorities were aware that probably abuse was taking place." | " A second child should not have died in these circumstances, when the authorities were aware that probably abuse was taking place." |
| Crucial failure | |
| The child was found dead in his blood-splattered cot on 3 August 2007. The court heard he had repeatedly been used as "a punchbag". | |
| Two days before he died, a doctor failed to spot that his back and ribs were broken, later claiming the child was "miserable and cranky". | |
| Dr Sabah Al-Zayyat no longer works at Great Ormond Street Hospital, which provides paediatric services for Haringey, but she is appealing against the decision. | |
| Dr Jane Collins, chief executive of the hospital, said: "Dr Al-Zayyat should have identified the possibility that he had suffered non-accidental injuries. | |
| "Whether that would have made a difference we shall never know." | |
| An internal inquiry by Haringey's Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) blamed legal advice taken a week before the baby's death for the decision not to take him into care. | |
| It found "numerous examples" of good practice in the case although there had been "weaknesses" in information flow. | |
| Sharon Shoesmith, chair of the board, said: "The very sad fact is that we can't stop people who are determined to kill children." | |
| She insisted lessons had been learned since Victoria Climbie, who was murdered by her great-aunt and the woman's partner. |