of tens of thousands of people stuck in mariupol. the french presidential election campaign has concluded and voters now have a day to reflect on the competing claims of the two remaining candidates, emmanuel macron and marine le pen. voting is on sunday in an election which is being closely monitored across the european union and beyond. a woman has been found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter following the death of her 7 year old son. hakeem hussein was found dead in a garden in birmingham in november 2017. he was severely asthmatic and coventry crown court was told he was left alone without his inhaler. our midlands correspondent phil mackie reports. 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 squa
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. no action was taken.
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
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, 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
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 dozen children known to the authorities who lost their lives.