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Originally Posted by nomadking
Still don't get why the eldest son didn't do anything. He was in his 20s at the time. She must have left the house on occasions, and therefore no threat was there.
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Tariq Khan, who has admitted failing to bury the body of his brother Hamzah Khan and was given a suspended sentence, made the claim during an interview with police read out at Bradford Crown Court on Friday.
Paul Greaney QC, prosecuting, said that Tariq, now 24, told police that "if he said anything, she would kill the rest of the children".
Tariq told also probation officers how his mother held a knife to the throat of one of the children two days after Hamzah's death.
He also said his mother threatened to burn down the house.
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Don't forget his experience was that the authorities were doing nothing and maybe he felt they wouldn't respond sufficiently decisively and promptly to prevent her carrying out her threats.
Having said that he has received a sentence himself so clearly he's being held accountable to some extent.
I can't say for sure it was regarding this case but I heard a/the father being interviewed on the radio earlier bemoaning the fact that he'd warned the authorities a number of times about her behaviour and begged them to check up on the children's welfare. His contention is that they refused to believe him...