7 Week Old Baby.

[anneasquith]

Oldham.......3 people arrested in connection of the death of a 7 week old baby. sky news, geez. :(

[Mamyalynne]

Makes the blood run cold Anne.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25992423

[ELVIS68]

Terrible :o(

[tonyav]

Dear O lord, very sad indeed.

[anneasquith]

I just cant get my head around why anyone could injure a baby, and please god we don't read that the family '' were known to social workers''

[Ann]

How many more? Poor little mite ................

[FredPuli43]

Let's speculate. The woman arrested is the child's mother. The first man arrested is her boyfriend and he is not the father. He has got annoyed at the child crying and hit it. This blow or blows killed it. The other man was roped in to cover for the assault and death. It is possible that all three have been regarded as parties, as principals, to the death.

If this turns out to be accurate, it's because these cases follow a certain pattern; time and time again we find this story when a child has been killed apparently by gbh.

[murraymints]

Another sad indictment of society today

[FredPuli43]

Not necessarily, minty. Society has always had cases like this. What it didn't have, in the worst cases; those where the ill-treatment was over a long period; was social workers to blame for not doing their duty in failing to notice or report the warning signs that a child was in danger.

[murraymints]

Point taken Fred...

[pixie373]

It makes me feel sick. There are lovely people around who can't have children and others treat theirs like this.

[anneasquith]

'' lets speculate''..................lets not. and wait for the true facts to be released :(

[anotheoldgit]

FredPuli43

Typical PC speculation, it is always the blokes fault never the woman's.

But Sky news reports that Police are questioning a mother on suspicion of murdering her seven-week-old baby, so who knows anneasquith has the right idea.

http://news.sky.com/story/1204556/baby-boys-death-mother-arrested-in-oldham

[FredPuli43]

"Typical PC speculation" AOG ? And what is PC about knowing, from long experience of these cases, that there is that pattern to many of them ? Does your experience, not termed PC, match that, or do you prefer to label anything 'PC' when it doesn't fit your prejudices ?

I take it you noticed that the woman's partner was arrested for assault with her. And your extensive knowledge of the criminal law will have informed you what it takes to be charged and indicted as a principal, no doubt. But we shall see how the evidence emerges. It may be that the woman struck the blows or was the sole actor in otherwise inflicting the injuries, but that is not what normally happens in these cases. The commonest scene is as I have described.

[anneasquith]

mother charged with murder, 2 men charged with neglect..........

[anneasquith]

the 3 acussed appear in court today .