i was in bits. i mean, i was in bits. what was leiland james doing? crying. cumbria county council say they told laura they planned to remove leiland james. she denies this. years before, laura suffered severe domestic violence, abuse that she says social workers feared would happen again a so called risk of future emotional harm. what should have happened to leiland james? he would come home. absolutely. yeah, absolutely. aisha and rebecca support women who have faced domestic abuse. they offered social workers and plan to bring leiland james home. they offered social workers a plan to bring leiland james home. we did have e mails going back and forth between us to see if we could work out a plan of support to see what we could offer. and was that negotiated, were you listen to?
a safeguarding review of the events leading up to the murder of 13 month old leiland james corkill in cumbria will be published later today. he was killed last year by laura castle, a woman who had hoped to adopt him. in herfirst interview, leiland james mother, laura corkill, said her son was wrongly removed at birth and would still be alive today if he had been left with her. just to one year, you may find some of the details in this report distressing. our special correspondent, ed thomas reports. mummy, please don t be sad, i miss you so much, too. i m safe. it s so beautiful here. it s so beautiful up here. but i do worry when i see you cry. the words of laura corkill read at the funeral of her son leiland james. and what do you remember about him? his smile, his cheeky laugh, his big, bright eyes. murdered by the woman who promised to love and care for him. when he came home, it was in a wooden box. this is the first time laura corkill has told her story. how long have you been
of support to see what we could offer. and was that negotiated, were you listened to? both: no. leiland james fate was already determined. cumbria county council had identified him for adoption. i was expecting him to come home. this was the last photo of mother and son together. was this during contact? that was my last contact. covid ended all face to face meetings. what do these moments mean to you? precious. she would never hold leiland james alive again. laura corkill says she repeatedly asked for leiland james to come back home. inside, she told me she passed several parenting assessments. and one social worker, she says, told her she could get the baby s room ready for when he came back here. cumbria county council say in april
The critical information disclosed by Laura Castle, 38, of Cumbria, was not shared with her GP and so was not available to the adoption panel that went on to approve her.
first, our special correpsondent ed thomas has this report, it contains some distressing details. mummy, please don t be sad. i miss you so much too. i m safe. it s so beautiful up here. but i do worry when i see you cry. laura inhales sharply the words of laura corkill read at the funeral of her son, leiland james. .. and what do you remember about him? his smile, his cheeky laugh, his big, bright eyes. ..murdered by the woman who promised to love and care for him. when he came home, it was in a wooden box. is this home? yeah. this is the first time laura corkill has told her story. how long have you been here for? six years. it starts with her son being removed by a social worker. taken at birth from his hospital cot. i was in bits. what was leiland james doing? crying. cumbria county council say they told laura they planned to remove leiland james.