Ellie Butler was unlawfully killed, inquest rules

Coroner ‘unable to conclude’ that failings of agencies played a role in six-year-old’s death at hands of father

Ellie Butler, the six-year-old who was battered to death by her father in 2013, was unlawfully killed, an inquest has ruled.

Ellie was killed by Ben Butler at their family home in Sutton, south London. The two-week inquest at South London coroner’s court examined whether there were failures on the part of the authorities, including the sharing of information, co-operation and communication between organisations.

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