Overnight the Daily Mail updated its reporting on Josh Powell for Wednesday 8th February’s print edition. Powell murdered his sons with a hatchet before blowing up and burning down the entire house when the children were taken to the former family home for a supervised visit. There are now three separate enquiries into this murder-suicide in Washington which…
A Los Angeles School has replaced its entire teaching staff as they deal with the aftermath of multiple charges of sexual abuse against the children. As well as facilitating the police investigation, it also covers any future charges brought against staff found to have known but failed to act about the abuse. Two teachers have…
The second episode of Protecting Our Children aired on Monday night on BBC2. Whilst it suffered from some of the same faults as the first part, since the rounding up of the story was finished with subtitles this was slightly less of a hatchet job on the family concerned (though of course this could be…
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This was the follow-up from a story regarding a sex offender who had fled to Spain and whose wife was later accused of murdering their two children. He has since committed suicide following his re-extradition back to the UK. You can read about it at the Daily Mail here. – CBG
The BBC’s previous child protection documentary series focused on the police trying to detect and apprehend child abusers. This time, the programme makers follow a team of social workers and the general modern child protection structure starting in the home. Episode one showed us selected events over nearly a year in their attempt to help…
