Hello Everyone!
Today, I'm going to be talking about an issue that is very much current in the media today and will be for the next few weeks. This week, saw the court case of a murder of a four year old child. Daniel Pelka was murdered by his mother and stepfather.
Daniel weighed a stone and a half when he passed away. Is that right for a four year old? NO - It has been brought to the public eye that his stepfather, Magdelena and his mother, Mariusz had deliberately humiliated this defenceless child to a degree where he ended up passing away in a room locked away from the world.
While being sentenced in court, the judge told Daniel's mother and stepfather that Daniel was "a victim of chronic and systematic starvation" in a "campaign of cruelty" - Finally, both Magdelena and Mariusz got sentenced to life in jail to serve a minimum of 30 years.
However, did our system of Police and Social Workers fail to protect Daniel. An enquiry is being opened to see if Daniel's school could have done more to protect Daniel after he was seen eating out of bins and snatching food from other children to feed himself. I personally do think that the system could of acted stronger and Daniel would of still been alive today and this tragic and vile murder would of been prevented if more was done sooner.
If you don't agree to my view, but you will surely agree that this was a death that could of been prevented.
