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martyh 01-04-2010 16:54

scarred for life
 
sky link

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A six-year-old girl was stripped and sexually abused by 23 classmates on a daily basis, it has emerged.

:shocked:

what the hell is going on at this school, how is a 6 yr old left alone at school long enough for this to happen ? why didn't the teachers know anything about it

Ramrod 01-04-2010 16:55

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I'm amazed that the school and local authority can't be named........

martyh 01-04-2010 16:57

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Originally Posted by Ramrod (Post 34992587)
I'm amazed that the school and local authority can't be named........

i can't fathom how this can happen in a primary school ,who is supervising the pupils ,someone must be held accountable for this

joglynne 01-04-2010 18:38

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Just how long were these children left unsupervised is one of the questions I would have wanted answered as well martyh, also why wasn't the fact that a young child was repeatedly upset not acted upon. No matter what was causing her distress I can't believe someone didn't pick up on it and take some form of action.

Obviously we aren't getting the whole story but for the school to be so slow to take any form action
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The review was only launched by the unnamed local authority when the victim's mother took legal action.
is totally wrong.

I can't believe that the school and Education Authority consider the only offenders to be the other children. We send our children to school trusting that the adults we are trusting them with are responsible professionals. In this case it would appear that trust was sorely misplaced.

This is one case where I hope the school and Education Authority is shamed by the community they purport to serve and are forced to consider their own failings.

Graham M 01-04-2010 18:40

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:mad:

nomadking 01-04-2010 18:48

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There seems to have been more than one victim.
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She said she had been warned about what was happening by another mother whose daughter was also being abused.

martyh 01-04-2010 18:56

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it would appear that the mother only found out because another mother warned her that her child was suffering abuse

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The mother, who moved her daughter to a school in another area, today told BBC Breakfast that she was horrified to discover her daughter had endured months of bullying and abuse in school after, she said, she had been warned about what was happening by another mother whose daughter was also being abused.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wa...1466-26154967/

this school should be named so that other parents can be made aware and send their children to another school should they wish and the abusive pupils parents be identified and some parenting classes administered

ZrByte 01-04-2010 20:22

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I just can't think of anything to say about this aside from shocking!! I can't even believe that the kids could think of doing this, never mind act on it, and to do it en masse. My niece is one year older than these and though I believe bullying must take place in her school I can't even imagine it being of a sexual nature.

Tony. 01-04-2010 20:44

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Six year olds are not that sexually aware (usually) Therefore the ring-leader(s) could possibly being abused as well. This does NOT excuse what was happening in this School but perhaps much more investigation is needed.

martyh 01-04-2010 21:00

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Originally Posted by Tony. (Post 34992748)
Six year olds are not that sexually aware (usually) Therefore the ring-leader(s) could possibly being abused as well. This does NOT excuse what was happening in this School but perhaps much more investigation is needed.

apparently this case has been investigated for two years ...and just come to the public's attention ,which begs the question ...why are we just now hearing of this ,how is it possible to keep something this serious so secret


and i agree with your point about the ring leaders possibly being abused in some form themselves

Gary L 01-04-2010 21:04

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Could turn out that a member of staff was well aware that this was going on. there's no way it could have been going on with so many involved for so long without nobody knowing.

Ramrod 01-04-2010 21:10

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Originally Posted by martyh (Post 34992755)
apparently this case has been investigated for two years ...and just come to the public's attention ,which begs the question ...why are we just now hearing of this ,how is it possible to keep something this serious so secret

I'm sure that I read about this a year or two ago when the investigation first started......

Osem 02-04-2010 10:50

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The mother of this young girl is being interviewed on BBC Radio 5 now by Victoria Derbyshire. Anyone who's interested to find out more should be able to get the entire interview here later:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/radio/bbc_radio_five_live

martyh 02-04-2010 12:37

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Originally Posted by Osem (Post 34993011)
The mother of this young girl is being interviewed on BBC Radio 5 now by Victoria Derbyshire. Anyone who's interested to find out more should be able to get the entire interview here later:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/radio/bbc_radio_five_live


thanks Osem i will listen when the interview is posted later


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