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| Investigation into toddler death | Investigation into toddler death |
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| Child abuse investigators are to examine why experts deemed a mother fit enough to look after her daughter days before the girl was killed. | Child abuse investigators are to examine why experts deemed a mother fit enough to look after her daughter days before the girl was killed. |
| Ntsimbi Galtricia, 23, was found lying injured next to her dead two-year-old daughter Balthous in a flat in Barking, east London, on Tuesday. | Ntsimbi Galtricia, 23, was found lying injured next to her dead two-year-old daughter Balthous in a flat in Barking, east London, on Tuesday. |
| Scotland Yard are not looking for anyone else over the girl's death. | Scotland Yard are not looking for anyone else over the girl's death. |
| Five days earlier mental health experts had decided Ms Galtricia, from the Republic of Congo, posed no risk. | Five days earlier mental health experts had decided Ms Galtricia, from the Republic of Congo, posed no risk. |
| She is in a serious condition in hospital, but her injuries are not thought to be life-threatening, police said. | She is in a serious condition in hospital, but her injuries are not thought to be life-threatening, police said. |
| Mother barred | Mother barred |
| Police are still trying to trace the father of the girl. He is believed to be in Paris. | Police are still trying to trace the father of the girl. He is believed to be in Paris. |
| Ms Galtricia is understood to have lived in the nine-storey block of flats of Law House on Maybury Road for at least eight months. | Ms Galtricia is understood to have lived in the nine-storey block of flats of Law House on Maybury Road for at least eight months. |
| She had visited the Community of Congolese Refugees in Great Britain several times over a four-month period earlier this year for advice on how to claim benefits. | She had visited the Community of Congolese Refugees in Great Britain several times over a four-month period earlier this year for advice on how to claim benefits. |
| Local shopkeepers had barred the mother from their premises because she seemed unstable, shouting and even accusing one worker at a DVD rental shop of being her daughter's father. | Local shopkeepers had barred the mother from their premises because she seemed unstable, shouting and even accusing one worker at a DVD rental shop of being her daughter's father. |
| She was arrested on suspicion of harassing local people the day before her social services assessment by Barking and Dagenham Council on 9 August, but released without charge. | She was arrested on suspicion of harassing local people the day before her social services assessment by Barking and Dagenham Council on 9 August, but released without charge. |
| A council spokeswoman said: "She was found not to have any mental healthcare issues." | A council spokeswoman said: "She was found not to have any mental healthcare issues." |
| Officers from the Scotland Yard's Child Abuse Investigation Command are now investigating the tragedy. | Officers from the Scotland Yard's Child Abuse Investigation Command are now investigating the tragedy. |
| A post-mortem examination on Balthous confirmed she died from a stab wound to the chest, Scotland Yard said on Wednesday night. |