Unbelievable All Round

[Canary42]

Some of the remarks in this article beggar belief.


"Stanley suffered broken ribs and limbs on three separate occasions before the fatal head injury was inflicted ..."

So why was nothing done to remove the child ?



"Both tested positive for cocaine and cannabis after their arrests"

All children should be removed from the care of drug addicts IMO.



"Police were called to their flat on 11 March after a neighbour heard screaming and sounds as if someone was falling down the stairs".

That was 10 days before the murder - I hope the police are also prosecuted for incompetence.



"On 16 March, a health visitor noticed a bruise on Stanley's head, which a hospital consultant later mistakenly diagnosed as a birthmark"

Fine consultant (s)he was.


WARNING: The article is very harrowing.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-46318146

[Theland]

Call it a, "child sponsor," and EVERYBODY would have to do it and it would become socially acceptable.

[hc4361]

What if the neighbour was a pervert? Or their friend?

[hereIam]

It wouldn't work Theland, a better thing to do is sterilise anyone who tortures and kills babies and toddlers so that they can never have any more.

[Canary42]

Basically a good idea Theland but more thought must go into it for reasons already appearing here. Although it smacks of "Big Brother", these cases keep occurring and Social Services seem incapable of monitoring it, so we need something.

[Canary42]

/// Why are you surprised about the comments, Canary? They're very similar to the posts on AB ///

I don't understand this reply.

[ToraToraTora]

I dont see any comments on the link

[Mamyalynne]

Canary said 'remarks' and then went on to list them in the OP, taken from the article.

[hc4361]

Oh, I see now. The comments are your own in relation to the article. I thought you commenting on the remarks of others, not the article itself.

Sorry for the confusion

[ToraToraTora]

I also thought they were canary's comments! I thought perhaps someone has installed some common! They all seem bang on to me:
"So why was nothing done to remove the child ? " - are you (canary) saying that you don't agree that the child should have been taken away?

[grumpy01]

Should give them each a lethal cocktail of drugs in a syringe same as at dignitas.Then set about sacking that clueless consultant and any police and social workers involved.As I wrote in answer to another topic.SNAFU.

[douglas9401]

Officials shrugged as one and walked away muttering "Not my job guv".

[-Talbot-]

- are you (canary) saying that you don't agree that the child should have been taken away?



How do you come to that conclusion TTT?

The scum should never see anything but a prison wall for the rest of their days.

[anneasquith]

A beautiful baby. Horrendous article. Unimaginably cruel adults..we may not be able to have them locked up forever, but if nothing else, society should ensure that these peoples and their like are never able to procreate again .

[Canary42]

/// are you (canary) saying that you don't agree that the child should have been taken away?///

No. Of course it should have been. Seems to me you're just trying to pick a fight because we usually disagree - you are right occasionally ;-)

For clarification of the Original Post for anyone still not clear, the four sentences in quotes were from the article, and each was followed by my comments. Apologies for the confusion.

[Mamyalynne]

I have tried and failed all day to see where TTT's misunderstanding of your post came from - and failed.

Best draw a line under all that.

I agree with everyone that in truth they should never feel fresh air on their faces again and certainly never be allowed to bring a new life into this world.

[marval]

Poor Stanley, he wasn't given a change to have a happy normal life.

Every time something like this happens they say it must never happen again, and it does.

Surely it is better to remove the child, especially when telltale signs appear.

May he rest in peace.

[ummmm]

How are SS to blame? How do they know a child is being abused? He was a tiny baby.

They can't act without some sort of evidence.

Poor mite. He was 3 weeks old. Far too young for SS to get involved.

[naomi24]

I can't read that report. Sick of it. It happens time and time again.

[10ClarionSt]

Does anyone remember the case of Maria Colwell back in the late 60's/early 70's? The report on her death by social services said they would learn lessons from this in order to give children full protection in the future. Daily Mirror columnist Keith Waterhouse said at the time that they would be saying the same thing 50 years from now.
Because it's never anyone's fault is it?

[ummmm]

Like I said...how do SS know about these families if they haven't been brought to their attention before?