Who led the inquiry: Lord Laming
Local authority: Haringey
In 1998, Victoria Climbié’s parents entrusted her to the care of her great aunt, Maria-Theresa Kouao who lived in Paris. Her time in Paris was short lived though, as Kouao was wanted by French authorities over benefit payments. Victoria was taken to London to live in a hostel, initially, before moving to Tottenham with her aunt to stay with Karl Manning in 1999. Between July 1999 and February 2000, Victoria experienced horrendous incidences of abuse and torture. Despite multiple visits to Central Middlesex Hospital and alerts made to child protection authorities, interventions were insufficient and contributed to Victoria’s death on 25 February 2000. Victoria died with a total of 128 separate injuries on her body. On January 2001, Victoria’s great aunt and Manning were convicted of her murder.
The purpose of the inquiry was to find out why Victoria was subjected to ongoing cruelty without appropriate interventions to protect her.
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