Boy and 2 year old son found dead.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-68007571

Bronson Battersby was found alone in the house with his 60-year-old dad, Kenneth Battersby, on 9 January.

It is thought the toddler, who has been described as the "light of his dad's eye", starved to death after Mr Battersby had a heart attack.

So Sad.

[Dude111]

Very sad.......... Horrible

Police called by social services on 2nd and 4th January after a social worker attended but couldn’t get an answer at the door. What’s the betting nobody from the police bothered to follow it up. A week later the social worker had to ask the landlady if she’d help get access. As the child wasn’t on the at-risk register and social services don’t have the right to force entry it’s hard to see what more the social worker could have done in this situation. So very very sad.

[Halcyon]

That is very sad. Rest in peace.

[jfman]

Incredibly sad the local MP sums it up quite well

“the system did not seem to understand the potential gravity of the situation”

[Sephiroth]

I nearly cry each time I think about it.

As for the MP, he had nothing to say and then said it. The unusual death of the father is the prime factor here, imo.

Its terrible, how that poor boy must have suffered as he got hungry, and would not understand why his dad was not helping him.

[RichardCoulter]

Tragic & terribly sad.

The outpouring of emotion over this by so many people, even though most won't have known them personally, shows that the world isn't as cruel and selfish as it can sometimes appear.

Update: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68027163

[ His sister ]

I was told that they were both found looking very peaceful

That is the only consolation I can take. That my little brother snuggled up to my dad.