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Report says death of 10-month-old Taliqa Fields could not have been prevented

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The death of a baby at the hands of her mother's boyfriend could not have been "predicted or prevented", according to a report published today.
A serious case review into the death of 10-month-old Taliqa Fields in Leicester in July last year said that although social workers, police officers and other officials were aware of the family being in difficulty, they could not have foreseen the tragedy.
Taliqa's mother's partner Louis Burdett was found guilty earlier this month of murdering the child while babysitting at her home in Drummond Walk, off Abbey Lane.
He was jailed for a minimum of 13 years.
The review found that Burdett had been living with the family for only a short time and had no criminal record or history of domestic violence.
The review, which examined public authorities' involvement with the family in the period leading to the child's death, was published today by the Leicester Safeguarding Children's Board.
David Jones, chairman of the board, said: "The serious case review found that her death could not have been predicted or prevented.
"There were no signs of danger in relation to the mother's partner, who had only been in the household for five weeks prior to the murder.
"There was no record of previous convictions against him, no reports by other women of domestic violence, and family members had not reported any concerns to the agencies.
"With the benefit of hindsight there are always lessons to be learned.
"The review looked in great detail at the family's dealings with agencies over a number of years, and found there were occasions when services could have been provided to support the family with a range of problems – although the risk of violence was never identified and there were no indications that mother's partner presented a risk during his short period in the household.
"A number of recommendations have come out of this review to improve the support for families and the agencies are implementing them."
See tomorrow's Mercury for more details.


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