Victoria Climbie Case Study
Victoria Climbie
By Shannon Pidgley
What happened to Victoria Climbie and her abusers? • Victoria was born in Abobo, she left the country with her great aunt Marie
– Therese Kouau a French citizen for an education in France. They travelled and ended up living in London in April 1999. It is unknown when Climbie’s abuse started but it was known that it had got worse when Kouau moved herself and Climbie into Carl Manning’s home who was known to be
Kouau’s boyfriend. During the abuse it has been recognised that Climbie was being burnt with cigarettes, tied up for periods of longer than 24 hours and she was also abused by being hit by bike chains, hammers and wires.
From when the abuse started up until her death there was a varied amount of places …show more content…
Kouau and Manning where charged with murder and was sentenced with life imprisonment.
Issues or area of public concern raised.
• There was a lot of concern raised in this case, this case was one of the main reasons for the formation of every child matters, the introduction of the children’s act 2004, the creation of contactpoint project, a government database designed to hold information on all children in England and the creation of the office of the children’s commissioner chaired by the children’s commissioner of England.
• There was a lot of public concerned raised about this case as well as there was phone calls, complaints and reports that was filed by the public, by people that knew Climbie and Kouao, this includes family friends and even people that didn’t know them.
• This case was also ignored by a lot of people as well even though that the abuse was recognised by a varied amount of people the chose not to approach it and stay away from the situation.
• The hospitals that Climbie was taken to were not 100% successful with noticing the abuse and did not take further action that was needed, this was taken as a concern and that is why the government database was created so that everyone could see …show more content…
How many recommendations did lord lamming give and what were is main ones?
• Lord Lamming’s report makes 108 recommendations, 46 of these should be implemented within three months, 38 within six months and the rest within two years. The main recommendations proposed by his report are aimed at holding those in senior positions, from the governments down to local services, to account for any failure to protect vulnerable children. This would advise the board on the impact of proposed policies; scrutinise legislation and guidance; advice on implementing the UN convention on child rights; ensure the policy and legislations are implemented at local level; and review serious cases of abuse. Every local authority social services department should establish a committee for children and families, with members from education, housing and social services, the police authority and the local NHS. The local committees would report through regional government offices to the nation agency. The ministerial board would report annually to
By Shannon Pidgley
What happened to Victoria Climbie and her abusers? • Victoria was born in Abobo, she left the country with her great aunt Marie
– Therese Kouau a French citizen for an education in France. They travelled and ended up living in London in April 1999. It is unknown when Climbie’s abuse started but it was known that it had got worse when Kouau moved herself and Climbie into Carl Manning’s home who was known to be
Kouau’s boyfriend. During the abuse it has been recognised that Climbie was being burnt with cigarettes, tied up for periods of longer than 24 hours and she was also abused by being hit by bike chains, hammers and wires.
From when the abuse started up until her death there was a varied amount of places …show more content…
Kouau and Manning where charged with murder and was sentenced with life imprisonment.
Issues or area of public concern raised.
• There was a lot of concern raised in this case, this case was one of the main reasons for the formation of every child matters, the introduction of the children’s act 2004, the creation of contactpoint project, a government database designed to hold information on all children in England and the creation of the office of the children’s commissioner chaired by the children’s commissioner of England.
• There was a lot of public concerned raised about this case as well as there was phone calls, complaints and reports that was filed by the public, by people that knew Climbie and Kouao, this includes family friends and even people that didn’t know them.
• This case was also ignored by a lot of people as well even though that the abuse was recognised by a varied amount of people the chose not to approach it and stay away from the situation.
• The hospitals that Climbie was taken to were not 100% successful with noticing the abuse and did not take further action that was needed, this was taken as a concern and that is why the government database was created so that everyone could see …show more content…
How many recommendations did lord lamming give and what were is main ones?
• Lord Lamming’s report makes 108 recommendations, 46 of these should be implemented within three months, 38 within six months and the rest within two years. The main recommendations proposed by his report are aimed at holding those in senior positions, from the governments down to local services, to account for any failure to protect vulnerable children. This would advise the board on the impact of proposed policies; scrutinise legislation and guidance; advice on implementing the UN convention on child rights; ensure the policy and legislations are implemented at local level; and review serious cases of abuse. Every local authority social services department should establish a committee for children and families, with members from education, housing and social services, the police authority and the local NHS. The local committees would report through regional government offices to the nation agency. The ministerial board would report annually to