{"id":20666,"date":"2021-12-14T08:36:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T13:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=20666"},"modified":"2021-12-14T08:36:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T13:36:23","slug":"star-hobson-savannah-brockhill-guilty-of-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/12\/14\/star-hobson-savannah-brockhill-guilty-of-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Hobson: Savannah Brockhill guilty of murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\"><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">A woman has been found guilty of murdering her partner&#8217;s 16-month-old daughter after months of physical abuse.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Savannah Brockhill inflicted &#8220;catastrophic&#8221; injuries on Star Hobson, whose mother was also convicted of causing or allowing her death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Star suffered a cardiac arrest and died in hospital in West Yorkshire on 22 September 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Her mother Frankie Smith and Brockhill will be sentenced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi0\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-leeds-59599884\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The short life and death of a beloved toddler<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The jury in the seven-week trial heard that the infant, from Keighley, near Bradford, had been either punched, kicked or stamped on in the weeks and months before her death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Prosecutor Alistair MacDonald QC said Star had &#8220;suffered a number of significant injuries at different times&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">These injuries included fractures to the back of the head and right shin, with the latter &#8220;caused by forceful twisting&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i89\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1hq4gmv-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-1drmwog-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/15E3D\/production\/_122216698_brockhillandsmithcomp.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/15E3D\/production\/_122216698_brockhillandsmithcomp.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/15E3D\/production\/_122216698_brockhillandsmithcomp.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/15E3D\/production\/_122216698_brockhillandsmithcomp.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/15E3D\/production\/_122216698_brockhillandsmithcomp.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/15E3D\/production\/_122216698_brockhillandsmithcomp.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/15E3D\/production\/_122216698_brockhillandsmithcomp.jpg 976w\" alt=\"Savannah Brockhill and Frankie Smith\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" \/><\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-5ccyy0-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1yybcoc-Stack e1y4nx260\">Savannah Brockhill (left) and Frankie Smith had both denied murder and causing or allowing the death of a child<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">CCTV footage, mobile phone pictures and video clips were shown to the jury, showing the child with various bruises and marks to her face and body.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">In one piece of footage, captured at a recycling plant in South Yorkshire nine days before Star&#8217;s death, Brockhill\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-leeds-59007900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeared to be lunging at the infant three times in her car<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Star&#8217;s great-grandfather, David Fawcett, said the toddler&#8217;s death had &#8220;torn the family apart&#8221; and they would &#8220;never, ever, get over losing Star&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;You just can&#8217;t believe we&#8217;re never going to see her again,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;It&#8217;s the facts of what happened to her as well, that&#8217;s killing us. To lose a child, it&#8217;s a horrible feeling. But it&#8217;s the way we lost Star that&#8217;s just horrendous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i89\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1hq4gmv-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-1drmwog-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/38D7\/production\/_122215541_f94f3d3e-3844-4c5f-a359-f87f5e50aadc.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/38D7\/production\/_122215541_f94f3d3e-3844-4c5f-a359-f87f5e50aadc.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/38D7\/production\/_122215541_f94f3d3e-3844-4c5f-a359-f87f5e50aadc.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/38D7\/production\/_122215541_f94f3d3e-3844-4c5f-a359-f87f5e50aadc.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/38D7\/production\/_122215541_f94f3d3e-3844-4c5f-a359-f87f5e50aadc.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/38D7\/production\/_122215541_f94f3d3e-3844-4c5f-a359-f87f5e50aadc.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/38D7\/production\/_122215541_f94f3d3e-3844-4c5f-a359-f87f5e50aadc.jpg 976w\" alt=\"David Fawcett with Star\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" \/><\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-5ccyy0-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1yybcoc-Stack e1y4nx260\">David Fawcett doted on great-granddaughter Star and said her death had &#8220;torn the family apart&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Mr Fawcett said the family felt let down by Bradford social services and Star&#8217;s death &#8220;could have been prevented if they acted sooner&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Five referrals were made by family members and friends to Bradford City Council between January and September 2020, including a final alert from Smith&#8217;s grandfather, Frank, weeks before Star&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Smith&#8217;s friend, Hollie Jones, who used to babysit Star, said she felt &#8220;really angry&#8221; and that &#8220;social services need to step up more&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;I&#8217;m just really gutted because I think changes really need to be made\u2026because if they took my referral seriously, potentially Star wouldn&#8217;t be gone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">In a statement, Bradford Council said: &#8220;We are very aware as partners that there is much that we need to learn from this case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;We have already put in place actions that will improve our practice so we learn those lessons. But we need to fully understand why opportunities to better protect Star were missed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i89\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1hq4gmv-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-1drmwog-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/9503\/production\/_122074183_photo09-12-2021223741-5.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/9503\/production\/_122074183_photo09-12-2021223741-5.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/9503\/production\/_122074183_photo09-12-2021223741-5.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/9503\/production\/_122074183_photo09-12-2021223741-5.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/9503\/production\/_122074183_photo09-12-2021223741-5.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/9503\/production\/_122074183_photo09-12-2021223741-5.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/9503\/production\/_122074183_photo09-12-2021223741-5.jpg 976w\" alt=\"Star Hobson\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" \/><\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-5ccyy0-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1yybcoc-Stack e1y4nx260\">Star Hobson suffered a cardiac arrest as a result of catastrophic injuries and died in September 2020<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Bradford Council leader Susan Hinchcliffe said: &#8220;Social workers in our district support a great many children and young people and carry out work in circumstances that are often very challenging.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;It is essential, therefore, that lessons are learned from Star&#8217;s terrible death so we can better protect our children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The authority&#8217;s Local Child Safeguarding Practice Review into Star&#8217;s death is due to be published in January 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The Department for Education said findings from the report would &#8220;feed into the national review of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes&#8217; death&#8221; which was commissioned earlier this month by the Secretary of State.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">However, Conservative MP for Keighley and Ilkley, Robbie Moore, has called for the resignation of Susan Hinchcliffe and the council&#8217;s chief executive Kersten England in the light of the Star Hobson case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Frankie Smith was cleared by the jury at Bradford Crown Court of an alternative count of manslaughter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What happened to Star Hobson in Keighley is heartbreaking, vile, and disgusting.<\/p>\n<p>We heard how she changed from a happy child, to seeming \u2018depressed\u2019 in the months leading up to her horrific death.<\/p>\n<p>It is hard to believe any human being could be so cruel.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2RGRRTFdUj\">https:\/\/t.co\/2RGRRTFdUj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robbie Moore MP (@_RobbieMoore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_RobbieMoore\/status\/1470729971639463939?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i89\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-13t93ir-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-1drmwog-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/B2EA\/production\/_121920854_alisonholt_01_tr-nc.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/B2EA\/production\/_121920854_alisonholt_01_tr-nc.png 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/B2EA\/production\/_121920854_alisonholt_01_tr-nc.png 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/B2EA\/production\/_121920854_alisonholt_01_tr-nc.png 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/B2EA\/production\/_121920854_alisonholt_01_tr-nc.png 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/B2EA\/production\/_121920854_alisonholt_01_tr-nc.png 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/B2EA\/production\/_121920854_alisonholt_01_tr-nc.png 976w\" alt=\"Analysis box by Alison Holt, social affairs editor\" width=\"1536\" height=\"306.11957796014065\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">So soon after the distressing details of\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-birmingham-59489765\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arthur Labinjo-Hughes&#8217; last difficult months<\/a>, we are again trying to understand why a child was not better protected.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">In Star Hobson&#8217;s case, her wider family was concerned, social workers and police visited, but none got a picture of what was really going on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">For both children, manipulative parents or partners kept questioners at bay, but there is a wider context.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">In Bradford, the\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/reports.ofsted.gov.uk\/provider\/44\/80449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">troubled children&#8217;s services department<\/a>\u00a0involved in Star&#8217;s case has struggled with high demand, high staff turnover and high caseloads for some social workers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">More generally, during a decade of squeezed budgets, children&#8217;s services have increasingly concentrated efforts on clearly high-risk cases. Research shows between 2010 and 2020,\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.probonoeconomics.com\/a-decade-of-change-for-childrens-services-funding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spending on early intervention halved<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">This lower-level family support can head-off later problems and certainly Star&#8217;s mother was said to have struggled as a parent for some time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">It is impossible to know whether more family services, embedded in local communities, would have made any difference in these cases, but we do know they provide an important safety net.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-leeds-59637683\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">A woman has been found guilty of murdering her partner&#8217;s 16-month-old daughter after months of physical abuse. 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