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Vulnerable kids in care ‘were punched and abused’, damning probe reveals
VULNERABLE kids in care were punched, locked outside naked and had vinegar poured on to open wounds.
A damning probe into the “systemic and sustained abuse” found more than 100 incidents in three years were ignored.
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Instead, the care homes in Doncaster, South Yorks, stayed open and continued to be rated “good” by Ofsted.
The inspectorate was alerted 40 times about incidents at the Hesley Group homes before they were finally shut in 2021.
Children were reportedly locked overnight in bathrooms, left in soiled clothes, made to sit in cold baths and deprived of medication for days.
South Yorkshire Police are investigating some staff for alleged abuse.
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said she was “horrified” and has ordered Ofsted to take further action.
Former support worker Chloe Straw, who worked at Fullerton House in 2017, says she reported her concerns to senior staff on multiple occasions.
She said: “I literally cried, begged and pleaded with this woman to listen to me.”
Another said they had witnessed a spoon of chilli flakes being fed to a child – and them being denied water.
South Yorkshire Police said there was insufficient evidence to progress with a criminal investigation but referred the allegations to the local authority.
Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, said there was “a great failure of integrity” by Hesley managers to report incidents.
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Kids forcing their grans to become drug mules after being groomed by gangs, damning report warns
KIDS are forcing their grannies to become drug mules after being groomed by gangs, a damning report today warns.
Former Children’s Commissioner Anne Longfield has revealed how thousands of youngsters are being exploited, harmed and even killed after slipping through the cracks.
Her investigation lays bare how sick gangsters use a “clinical ruthlessness” to trap youngsters into a life of crime.
In horrific instances they are told to “pressure their less suspicious grandmothers” to smuggle drugs on their behalf.
Ms Longfield told the Sun: “Essentially, the gangs are saying if your grandma does that, they won’t be suspicious, no one will stop them and they’ll get away scot free.”
She said that some grandmothers agree because they are “desperate” to rescue their grandchild from “an even worse situation” where they would incur the wrath of the gangs.
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Evil criminals are also trying to recruit from leafier communities as posher youngsters are less likely to get caught.
Ms Longfield said: “They’re less likely to get searched and they’re less likely to get caught, especially if they’re looking to run drugs in a more middle class area.”
Her report says parents’ cries for help are left “unanswered” as the state is “failing in its duty to protect vulnerable children”.
Government stats show 11,600 instances of kids falling into gangs and 10,140 cases of child criminal exploitation, which is likely the “tip of the iceberg”.
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The report “Hidden In Plain Sight” also suggests there could be as many as 200,000 teenagers in England vulnerable to horrific violence.
Ms Longfield, now Chair of the Commission on Young Lives, urges the government to establish a network of Sure Start hubs for teenagers to get help.
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She also wants a one-off mental health recovery programme funded by a levy on social media and mobile phone firms.
And the report urges schools to stay open at weekends and during holidays so vulnerable kids have a place to go supervised.