KHYRA ISHAQ - Aged 7 years - Handsworth, Birmingham (UK)

BBC News

14th April 2010

Three Khyra Ishaq case workers investigated by council

Three Birmingham City Council employees are being investigated over their handling of the case of a seven year-old girl who was starved to death.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/8620590.stm

The Guardian

Tuesday 27 July 2010

by Patrick Butler

Khyra Ishaq review reveals how mother intimidated professionals

Angela Gordon threatened violence and legal action, and accused staff of racism or harassment

Attempts by teachers, police and social workers to investigate suspicions that Khyra Ishaq and other children in the care of Angela Gordon and her partner were suffering neglect and abuse were thwarted by a sustained campaign of intimidation and lack of co-operation by Gordon, the serious case review revealed.

Gordon, 35, proved extraordinarily adept at swatting aside attempts by professionals to intervene in her chaotic family life. At times she would threaten physical violence, at other times threaten legal action, or accuse them of racism or harassment. She ruthlessly exploited safeguarders' ignorance of the law on home schooling and kept them constantly on the back foot.

Gordon restricted access to her children, removing them from school at a time when official concerns about their wellbeing started to emerge. A succession of police officers and social workers who visited the family to make assessments would often be kept waiting on the doorstep, refused access to the home and prevented from seeing the children.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/jul/27/khyra-ishaq-review

Belfast Telegraph

Tuesday, 8 June 2010

Child abuse reviews to be published

Full reports of official investigations into the most notorious cases of child abuse are to be published, ministers have confirmed.

Children's minister Tim Loughton said the serious case reviews into the deaths of Baby P and Khyra Ishaq, as well as the cases of the Edlington brothers and Shannon Matthews, will be released.

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http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/uk-ireland/child-abuse-reviews-to-be-published-14833868.html#ixzz115qGWiL0

BBC News

28 June 2010 Last updated at 11:48

Khyra Ishaq's mother appeals over prison sentence

Angela Gordon and Junaid Abuhamza both had manslaughter pleas accepted Angela Gordon and Junaid Abuhamza starved Khyra at her home

The mother of a seven-year-old girl who was starved to death at her home in Birmingham has lodged an appeal to reduce her jail sentence.

Angela Gordon, 35, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Khyra Ishaq on the grounds of diminished responsibility and was sentenced to 15 years in March.

She was ordered to spend a minimum of seven years in jail with the rest of her sentence to be spent on licence.

Her lawyers said no date had been set for an appeal hearing.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10434077

BBC News

1 July 2010 Last updated at 21:12

Khyra Ishaq starvation couple begin appeal

The mother and stepfather of a seven-year-old girl who starved to death have been given the go-ahead to appeal against their sentences.

Angela Gordon and Junaid Abuhamza's full appeals will be heard in London

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10482326

The Sun

28th July 2010

by Andrew Parker

Khyra death was 'preventable'

A DAMNING report today revealed how starved schoolgirl Khyra Ishaq was repeatedly let down before her horrific death — which it declared could have been prevented.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3070753/Khyra-death-was-preventable.html?OTC-RSS&ATTR=News

The Sun

28th July 2010

by Andrew Parker

MISSED OPPORTUNITIES

MARCH 2006: Health visitor notes safety worries at Khyra's house but fails to record them.

FEBRUARY 2007: Health visitor fearing domestic violence fails to maintain contact with family.

MARCH 2007: Khyra's fixation with food is indicated in conversation with school teaching assistant but is not acted upon.

DECEMBER 2007: Another child in Gordon's care is seen at school filling pockets with fruit and loitering near dinner halls.

JANUARY 2008: School nurse fails to check records that would have shown alarming weight loss in another child from Gordon's household.

JANUARY 2008: Health staff fail to challenge Gordon's opposition to diet checks.

APRIL 2008: Teachers fail to spot the ill health of a thin child living with Khyra.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3070753/Khyra-death-was-preventable.html?OTC-RSS&ATTR=News

Daily Record

Jul 28 2010

by Rod Chaytor

Fears for safety of schoolgirl who starved to death were raised TWO years earlier, reveals report

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2010/07/28/fears-for-safety-of-schoolgirl-who-starved-to-death-were-raised-two-years-earlier-reveals-report-86908-22445652/