Victoria Climbie Police to face charges


Well big deal, here we have a young girl who died at the hands of her Great Aunt, while the Police, Social Services, Health services and the N.S.P.C.C. simply stood idly by and did nothing to protect her.
And what will be the likely outcome of these charges? Well knowing how the old bill protect their own, if they get the sack, that will be about the worst that could happen to them
As for the SS, they just carry on regardless, having apologised to Victorias parents, as if that makes it all right. So they live to possibly become the cause of god knows how many more deaths or abuse of children in their care, or known to be at risk from their own workers, whilst yet again their own managers stand on the sideline and pass congratulations to the worst child abusers in our society today.
And I would expect the N.S.P.C.C. should hang their collective heads in shame at the comments they made following this tragedy.

NSPCC statement on Victoria Climbie

18 February 2002

NSPCC Director and Chief Executive Mary Marsh today presented the Society's closing submission to the Victoria Climbie Inquiry. She said:

‘It is clear that we had an opportunity to help Victoria. It is profoundly to my regret that we did not act in a timely, adequate and appropriate way and this opportunity was lost.

‘We have taken the issues raised by this tragic case for all the agencies involved very seriously. At every stage crucial lessons that have come out of our review of Victoria's case have been acted upon.

‘There are serious issues about the supervision and monitoring of cases and referrals and we accept our fault in this. Concerns [particularly regarding referrals] that were recognised at the time should have been shared at the most senior level between the NSPCC and our partners.

‘I profoundly regret the confusion we caused with some of our documentation [submitted to the Inquiry]. At no time did the NSPCC attempt to alter records or deceive the Inquiry in any way. We have sought to be open and honest with the Inquiry throughout.

‘We have learnt once more the importance of effective interagency communication, a lesson we should never have to learn again. It is my responsibility together with the leadership and management of all the other agencies responsible for child protection to ensure this.

‘I greatly regret the mistakes we made and I know that everyone at the NSPCC shares with me my absolute determination to learn from them."

The NSPCC awaits Lord Laming's report with interest and will comment further then.

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Copies of the NSPCC submission are available from NSPCC Media Office on 020 7825 2711/2/34

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