[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

The father must have had custody of the child which is why I'd imagine the mother wasn't there, it says the last time she called she'd had an argument with the childs father and also that the child was receiving weekly checks by social services so there's clearly more to this story as to why the mother wasn't visiting regularly and instead a social work was. I can understand why they're being blamed when they were supposed to see that child weekly, you would think they'd have gotten on to the landlord or police straight away when they couldn't see the child that first time, otherwise what's the point in them checking up on them at all?

It seems the Dad had heart issues, and that was why there were weekly checks, the social worker did call the police to do a welfare check when she got no answer but this didnt happen and again called the police a second time a few days later, finally she got a key from the landlord I feel she has gone above and beyond as she would have to make other checks and should have been able to rely on the police to break in...