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. his mum prioritised her drug use over him. 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,
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
son a letter in which she appeared to blame him for not waking her up. evidence showed that he was simply neglected. his mum prioritised her drug use over him. hakeem wasn tjust failed by his mother, but also by the agencies who were responsible for him. they d 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 seven year old khyra ishaq, two year old keanu williams and keegan downer, aged 18 months, were among more than a dozen children known to the authorities who lost their lives. 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 our sort