hakeem wasn tjust failed by his mother but also by the agencies who were responsible for him. they had had plenty of warnings over a period of two years that culminated in a meeting on a friday afternoon at which a nurse said, if he wasn t taken into care immediately, he would die. no action was taken. 36 hours later, his body was found here. at the time, birmingham children s services had already been rated inadequate for nearly a decade, during which time more than a dozen children known to the authorities had died, including seven year old khyra ishaq, who starved to death, two year old keanu williams, who was murdered by his mother, and keegan downer, aged 18 months, whose guardian killed her. six months after hakeem died, a new trust was appointed to take over. and since then, inspections have shown things have improved. all of the agencies working together had not shared or sought from each other enough information. a conference took place on the friday. tragically, hakeem died t
johnson misled mps. the next milestone, a big marker is the local elections across the uk in a couple of weeks. . ~ elections across the uk in a couple of weeks. ., ~ , ., in the last half an hour, a woman has been found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter in the death of her seven year old son. hakeem hussein was found dead in a garden in november 2017 he was severely asthmatic, and the court was told he was alone in the cold without his inhaler. phil mackie is at coventry crown court for us. this was a case with shocking details, i am afraid, such a case of criminal neglect they brought the charge of gross negligence manslaughter against laura heath who is therefore responsible for the death of her son hakeem hussein. it took thejury six death of her son hakeem hussein. it took the jury six and a half hours took the jury six and a half hours to convict him and she will be
had not shared or sought from each other enough information. a conference took place on the friday. tragically, hakeem died that weekend. professionals shared a lot of concern in that conference, and one of the things that would happen today that didn t happen then is that that would have triggered an immediate response that afternoon. a serious case review into hakeem s death will be published within the next two months, but new systems have already been put in place to help minimise the risk of another death like hakeem s. phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. health officials in northern afghanistan say more than 30 people have been killed and dozens injured in an explosion at a mosque in city of kunduz. officials said the blast took place during friday prayers. unverified pictures on social media showed damaged walls and ceiling of the building. it s not immediately clear who was behind the explosion. with me is zia shahreyar
that they had identified a suspect. since then, there have been further searches in portugal, but no obvious breakthrough. under portuguese law, there is a statute of limitations, a legal time limit for serious crimes of 15 years. an investigation has to progress within that time and that may be the reason for the announcement now. the deadline is 11 days away. there have been many false dawns in this case, and there s no guarantee that the portuguese or german investigations will produce results. madeleine mccann s parents have always said that what they want is to find her, uncover the truth and bring those responsible to justice. daniel sandford, bbc news. a woman has been found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter in the death of her seven year old son. hakeem hussein was found dead in a garden in november 2017. he was severely asthmatic, and the court was told
he was left alone in the cold without his inhaler. phil mackie is reports from coventry crown court. hakeem hussein was a frail young boy who died because his mother cared more about getting her next fix than looking after him. laura heath smoked heroin and crack cocaine. her addiction had spiralled out of control in the months before he died. she even used her son s inhaler as a makeshift crack pipe. they lived in squalor. their lives were chaotic. on the night he lost his life, hakeem had a severe asthma attack, but his mother couldn t help because she d passed out after taking drugs. it s thought he went out for some air but collapsed and died. his body was found by a neighbour. this is a seven year old boy, hakeem hussein, who died of something that was preventable, which was an asthma attack. and through the trial, the evidence showed that he was simply neglected.