scarred for life

01-04-2010, 16:54

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.

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

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

01-04-2010, 16:57

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

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

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

nomadking · 01-04-2010, 18:48

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.

01-04-2010, 18:56

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

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

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.

01-04-2010, 21:00

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Originally Posted by Tony.

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

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

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

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

02-04-2010, 12:37

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Originally Posted by Osem

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