The appalling life and death of Daniel Pelka

Jim Kennedy analyses the serious case review on the circumstances surrounding the death of Daniel Pelka. Before going further with this briefing, I have to confess that I have not had the stomach (or the time) to review all the press coverage on the serious case review. But the heading in the Times was: ‘Daniel tortured and killed after repeated social work blunders’. And the more detailed report immediately then says that ‘Children’s Services wrongly concluded on four separate occasions that Daniel was safe at home…after conducting supposedly rigorous child care assessments…’ Having read the serious case review, I don’t