Haringey council 'failed to safeguard disabled child from paedophile'

Months of mishandling of case in ‘root and branch failure’ left brothers at risk , judge says

A family court judge has heavily criticised a London council over its handling of a case in which it failed to safeguard a disabled child from a convicted paedophile, saying there was a “root and branch failure” of social work.

The case involved two brothers, one severely disabled, whose mother had been groomed by a paedophile. Haringey council social workers failed to intervene, despite warnings, and failed to inform the boys’ estranged father.

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from Children | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2LLkwma