Holly Willoughby has been a busy woman when it comes to being on our TV screens of late. Not only is she the regular face on This Morning, but she's also recently wrapped up hosting ITV's The Games live on the channel.
10.05.2022 - 14:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A five-year-old was choked, bitten and assaulted after being left alone in a house with an alcoholic mum and an unstable and violent man.
The child, referred to as 'Melody' in a review of the case, attended Warrington Hospital in January last year with multiple bruises to her face, right ear and neck as well as bite marks to her right arm. As reported by the ECHO, Melody had been left with her mum's partner despite his clear and severe mental illness.
Now, a Child Safeguarding Practice Review involving multiple agencies has taken place, which has identified shocking failures in the run up to the violence suffered by Melody - including failures to heed warnings that the partner, referred to as 'Adam' was a danger to Melody the day before the assault.
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The review also noted her mum, referred to as 'Angela', was an alcoholic who admitted to her GP that she usually drank two to three bottles of wine a day.
Paul Duffy, safeguarding partnerships manager and one of the officials involved in the review, wrote: "In summary, the basic expectation of safety that Melody has a right to was not met at several points in this deeply distressing case. At the time Melody was assaulted, some agencies knew of the danger she was likely to be in, but a failure to work together along with individual lapses in judgement in critical moments meant that Melody was not safeguarded."
Melody was not interviewed for the review to spare her further distress, but the panel heard that she had told her social worker: "Please let them know what he did to me."
Melody's injuries were discovered at around 3pm on January 20 last year, but the review found that
Holly Willoughby has been a busy woman when it comes to being on our TV screens of late. Not only is she the regular face on This Morning, but she's also recently wrapped up hosting ITV's The Games live on the channel.
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