“The stepfather of Baby P, Steven Barker, has launched a £40,000 compensation bid after he was injured in a violent prison attack, it has been reported.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th June 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The recent case of LB Islington v Al Alas and Wray, (where I was led by Ian Peddie QC [also of Garden Court Chambers] in representing the father, Rohan Wray) should have some pretty significant implications in cases involving alleged non-accidental injuries.”
Garden Court Family Law Blog, 23rd April 2012
Source: www.gcfamily.wordpress.com
“A former nightclub bouncer has been convicted of murdering a heavily pregnant teenager two weeks before she was due to give birth.”
BBC News, 22nd February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two parents have been cleared at the Old Bailey of killing their four-month-old son, who was suffering from rickets.”
BBC News, 9th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A father who killed his toddler son because he was crying was jailed for nine years today.”
The Independent, 7th December 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Health workers had been concerned about a mother who went on to kill her toddler by holding her under a scalding hot shower during the girl’s early life, a report has said.”
BBC News, 1st December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A father accused of pushing his son to his death from the balcony of a Greek hotel killed the child unlawfully, a coroner has ruled. The inquest on six-year-old Liam Hogan was told that his father, John, appeared to shove the boy and his two-year-old sister, Mia, before leaping off the balcony himself.”
The Guardian, 30th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The mother of a two-year-old girl who died of septic shock after suffering burns in a scalding hot shower has been found guilty of manslaughter.”
The Independent, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A mother who force-fed her baby girl who later died has been jailed.”
BBC News, 11th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Too many babies have been killed or seriously injured through child abuse because of failings by the authorities that are repeated across the country, a report has found.”
The Guardian, 26th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The National Trust was not to blame for the death of an 11-year-old schoolboy fatally crushed by a branch in woods in Norfolk, the High Court has decided.”
BBC News, 27th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A couple who repeatedly deceived health professionals by swapping their twin babies to cover up unexplained injuries that led to one daughter’s death have been convicted of child cruelty.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A mother who strangled her autistic son because she could no longer cope with looking after him has walked free from court.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The National Trust is being sued for damages after a boy was killed when a two-ton tree branch collapsed on to a school party at a stately home.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A coroner has accused midwives in a hospital maternity unit of colluding with each other over mistakes made in the care of a newborn baby who later bled to death.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Gloucester man who said he was suffering from post-natal depression has been found not guilty of murdering his baby daughter.”
BBC News, 24th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Every domestic abuse death is to be automatically reviewed in England and Wales in an effort to make sure lessons about violence in the home are learned.”
BBC News, 13th April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A mother has been jailed for killing her 12-year-old autistic son by making him drink bleach.”
BBC News, 1st April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Baby P’s mother Tracey Connelly, who was jailed indefinitely for her part in her son’s death, has dropped a bid to appeal against her sentence.”
BBC News, 26th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who killed his girlfriend’s two-year-old son after weeks of systematic violence has been jailed for six years.”
BBC News, 2nd October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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