smok3y
11-16-2008, 05:56 PM
Labour Party councillors in Haringey have held a closed doors emergency meeting over the death of Baby P.
The 17-month-old boy died in August 2007 after suffering sustained abuse in the north London borough.
A spokesman for Haringey's ruling Labour group said the meeting "was solely to ensure councillors were fully informed on all aspects of the case".
Two men and Baby P's mother have been convicted of involvement in his death and are to be sentenced on 15 December.
Baby P suffered 50 injuries, and the case revealed a series of failings by social workers, health workers and police.
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.
John Suddaby, head of legal services at Haringey, has admitted it was "of concern" this advice was given.
Shadow children's Secretary Michael Gove told Sky News he hoped the government inquiry into Baby P's death would examine the whole child welfare system.
"There are two tough questions there," he said.
"There's a question about whether or not the right judgement was exercised and there's also a question about whether or not the systems, whether or not the legal capacity to take children into care is right at the moment."
Old Bailey Judge Stephen Kramer has told Baby P's 27-year-old mother and her 32-year-old boyfriend, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and Jason Owen, 36, that they faced "substantial" terms in prison.
David Lammy, Labour MP for Tottenham, one of two MPs in Haringey, said the council and "the other stakeholders" involved "have questions to answer".
Children's secretary Ed Balls has spoken of "anger" that "crucial interventions" had not been made in Baby P's case.
"People are asking how these despicable acts of evil can happen in this day and age and in Haringey of all places," he said.
"Professionals working with children in this country do a tough job in very difficult communities but I will not hesitate to act on the findings of the investigation into what went wrong in Haringey."
Baby P died in the same borough where eight-year-old Victoria Climbie was tortured to death in 2000.
She was starved and beaten to death by her aunt and her aunt's boyfriend - her death triggered a public inquiry which in turn led to a raft of recommendations for children's services across the country.
BBC NEWS | England | London | Councillors meet over Baby P case (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7732310.stm)
I hope this bitch rots in hell.. And I hope her bitch ass boyfriend get wot he deservs aswell while in prison. Send these fuckers of to saudi Arabia and let them stone these SICK BASTARDS to death!:mad::mad:
The 17-month-old boy died in August 2007 after suffering sustained abuse in the north London borough.
A spokesman for Haringey's ruling Labour group said the meeting "was solely to ensure councillors were fully informed on all aspects of the case".
Two men and Baby P's mother have been convicted of involvement in his death and are to be sentenced on 15 December.
Baby P suffered 50 injuries, and the case revealed a series of failings by social workers, health workers and police.
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.
John Suddaby, head of legal services at Haringey, has admitted it was "of concern" this advice was given.
Shadow children's Secretary Michael Gove told Sky News he hoped the government inquiry into Baby P's death would examine the whole child welfare system.
"There are two tough questions there," he said.
"There's a question about whether or not the right judgement was exercised and there's also a question about whether or not the systems, whether or not the legal capacity to take children into care is right at the moment."
Old Bailey Judge Stephen Kramer has told Baby P's 27-year-old mother and her 32-year-old boyfriend, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and Jason Owen, 36, that they faced "substantial" terms in prison.
David Lammy, Labour MP for Tottenham, one of two MPs in Haringey, said the council and "the other stakeholders" involved "have questions to answer".
Children's secretary Ed Balls has spoken of "anger" that "crucial interventions" had not been made in Baby P's case.
"People are asking how these despicable acts of evil can happen in this day and age and in Haringey of all places," he said.
"Professionals working with children in this country do a tough job in very difficult communities but I will not hesitate to act on the findings of the investigation into what went wrong in Haringey."
Baby P died in the same borough where eight-year-old Victoria Climbie was tortured to death in 2000.
She was starved and beaten to death by her aunt and her aunt's boyfriend - her death triggered a public inquiry which in turn led to a raft of recommendations for children's services across the country.
BBC NEWS | England | London | Councillors meet over Baby P case (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7732310.stm)
I hope this bitch rots in hell.. And I hope her bitch ass boyfriend get wot he deservs aswell while in prison. Send these fuckers of to saudi Arabia and let them stone these SICK BASTARDS to death!:mad::mad: