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Soul-destroying SCR.Yet another CCE victim/death desp presence of
'A boy found dead in his bedroom was groomed into a world of drug trafficking & "failed" by the auths'
J,16, had been targeted by.."CL" gangs fr July 17 until his death in April 19' https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-55709564
Soul-destroying SCR.Yet another CCE victim/death desp presence of
'A boy found dead in his bedroom was groomed into a world of drug trafficking & "failed" by the auths'
J,16, had been targeted by.."CL" gangs fr July 17 until his death in April 19' https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-55709564
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'..the protection sys, intended to look after children at risk of harm, "failed to do so for J".
It said there were "many missed opps" to keep him safe.'
'J was "intoxicated & distressed" at the time of his death, but there was "insuff evidence" he intended to end his life'
'..the protection sys, intended to look after children at risk of harm, "failed to do so for J".
It said there were "many missed opps" to keep him safe.'
'J was "intoxicated & distressed" at the time of his death, but there was "insuff evidence" he intended to end his life'
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Sarah Holtom/author-'he had been "failed by the education sys in Oxfordshire" & also highlighted failures in @ThamesVP service & @OxfordshireCC SC"
'J was "duped into a lifestyle" of crim exploitn, in which he sold drugs thro CL gangs/carried out assaults"
Dupe
Not chosen
Sarah Holtom/author-'he had been "failed by the education sys in Oxfordshire" & also highlighted failures in @ThamesVP service & @OxfordshireCC SC"
'J was "duped into a lifestyle" of crim exploitn, in which he sold drugs thro CL gangs/carried out assaults"
DupeNot chosen
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'J owned "at least three" mobiles/seen selling drugs. He was also reported missing 20 times & from October 2018 it was suspected he was accruing mounting drug debts'
Enough signs present.NRM?
'26 police reports of J recorded as susp/offender for largely violent crimes'
'J owned "at least three" mobiles/seen selling drugs. He was also reported missing 20 times & from October 2018 it was suspected he was accruing mounting drug debts'Enough signs present.NRM? '26 police reports of J recorded as susp/offender for largely violent crimes'
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'Teen "largely untouched by the CJS", which "arguably left him highly vulnerable" to those who exploited him.
CJS offender focused & not (default) answer for exploited trafficked victims.There should have been a safeguarding/CP resp right at start when early appeared
'Teen "largely untouched by the CJS", which "arguably left him highly vulnerable" to those who exploited him. CJS offender focused & not (default) answer for exploited trafficked victims.There should have been a safeguarding/CP resp right at start when early appeared
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'Desp serv being "acutely aware" being exploited, fam felt "incredibly powerless" in CP'
'Outcome of auths monitoring -"typically to review in month's time"
'Trapped in world couldn't escape/untouchable'
'Out of sch 2 yrs/4 schs didn't enrol due to "perceived behavs"
'Desp serv being "acutely aware" being exploited, fam felt "incredibly powerless" in CP''Outcome of auths monitoring -"typically to review in month's time" 'Trapped in world couldn't escape/untouchable''Out of sch 2 yrs/4 schs didn't enrol due to "perceived behavs"
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"J talked to his friend of his idea of buying a sch unif/ walking into a school 'to just feel like others' of his age" 
"His MH not h/lighted as concern by profs, bc they viewed risks to him coming instead "fr adults exploiting him"
What was done about those risks?
"J talked to his friend of his idea of buying a sch unif/ walking into a school 'to just feel like others' of his age" "His MH not h/lighted as concern by profs, bc they viewed risks to him coming instead "fr adults exploiting him" What was done about those risks?
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'Derek Benson, chair of Oxfordshire SCB: Jacob's death was a "human tragedy" which shone a spotlight on a "national problem of children in rural & urban areas being criminally exploited".
Benson has come to -ve notice previously.Many articles on google. https://twitter.com/bespaceaware/status/1337548530802692097?s=19
'Derek Benson, chair of Oxfordshire SCB: Jacob's death was a "human tragedy" which shone a spotlight on a "national problem of children in rural & urban areas being criminally exploited".
Benson has come to -ve notice previously.Many articles on google. https://twitter.com/bespaceaware/status/1337548530802692097?s=19
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@ThamesVP:accepted findings/changes to working pracs implemented
@OxfordshireCC:acted on findings/admitted "more should've been done" to provide J w. an educ'
Utterly damning.Happy to provide CCE vict identif/trauma training.Ongoing issues in yr area/fams cont to be failed.
@ThamesVP:accepted findings/changes to working pracs implemented
@OxfordshireCC:acted on findings/admitted "more should've been done" to provide J w. an educ'
Utterly damning.Happy to provide CCE vict identif/trauma training.Ongoing issues in yr area/fams cont to be failed.
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'This review called for natl strat to tackle exploitn due to local p/ships struggling to dev "properly resourced/effective multi-agy solutions"
Resource will change 0 if mindsets/cultures failing vics/fams left unaddressed.
Solutions proposed by Police/LA unworkable in CCE
'This review called for natl strat to tackle exploitn due to local p/ships struggling to dev "properly resourced/effective multi-agy solutions"
Resource will change 0 if mindsets/cultures failing vics/fams left unaddressed.Solutions proposed by Police/LA unworkable in CCE
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When will forces & LAs start being accountable for these catalogue of failures?
These are children's lives being cut short yet critics labelled as negative about statutory response.
What is worse than a child's death?
Children/parents/society have every right to be negative
When will forces & LAs start being accountable for these catalogue of failures?
These are children's lives being cut short yet critics labelled as negative about statutory response.
What is worse than a child's death?
Children/parents/society have every right to be negative
J's death featured in @Channel4News #Dispatches documentary.
We expressed concern at the time.Given emerging failures why were auths portrayed in the light they were?
@AnnaHallTV @AshleyTurnerTV https://twitter.com/bespaceaware/status/1195495482145067009?s=19
We expressed concern at the time.Given emerging failures why were auths portrayed in the light they were?
@AnnaHallTV @AshleyTurnerTV https://twitter.com/bespaceaware/status/1195495482145067009?s=19
