they lived in squalor. their lives were chaotic. 0n the night he lost his life, hakeem had a severe asthma attack, went outside for some air, but collapsed and died. his mother couldn t help because she d passed out after taking drugs, but later she wrote her dead 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 d
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, went outside for some air, but collapsed and died. his mother couldn t help because she d passed out after taking drugs, but later, she wrote her dead 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.