Yet Another Baby Beaten To Death!

[WBA123]

That picture of her battered and bruised face on Channel 4 news is just horrible.

How can police and social services not have acted on this after 5 separate alerts to them?

Inept, lack of awareness and basic nous and common sense and dereliction in public office at the very least, it's time they started issuing charges against the idiots supposedly protecting children.

You've hit the nail on the head in what should actually be done. Take a step back and question where were the social services. Why have these children been failed by not just their parents but by the local authorities as well. Are the child protection agencies receiving the right support, staffing, funding, training. What needs to be done in future so this doesn't happen again...

Instead politicians will shout about longer sentences, but that doesn't address the source of the issue. Of course these people shouldn't see light of day again, but how does that help the next child in danger - I guarantee there will be dangerous parents who do incomprehensible things to their children in the future. We need a robust system that protects the child when that instance arises again. Not meaningless words from politicians that they think will win them popularity. I think a proper review/inquest into how we can implement preventative actions would be a start.