McCanns: No jail for child neglect couple
A Birmingham couple whose house caught fire after they left three children alone inside have been given suspended jail sentences.
A woman, 23, had been taking a fourth child to school when fire broke out at the home in Tyseley, in February 2008.
She got home in time to rescue the children, all under four years old.
She and her husband, 37, were give 18-week sentences, suspended for two years, after being found guilty of child neglect.
What we have here is a case just like the McCanns where 3 children under 4 years of age were left unsupervised. In both cases it amounts to child neglect. And yet, the McCanns, also from the Midlands, have so far not been prosecuted. The only difference between the cases is that this couple are working class and the McCanns are middle class professionals.
This case highlights that it is not safe to leave 3 children under 4 years of age unsupervised, in spite of the McCanns claim that they thought it was safe, and provides a good example of why it is not safe and what can happen. There is not enough information supplied as to why the husband could not have taken the child to school on his own, and left the wife at home with the other kids. In any event, the McCanns can take some comfort from the fact that this couple were spared jail...
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5 comments:
Oh now John come on be fair, Kate did say she left the door unlocked in case of fire. Now ,you know very well that maddie could have carried those twins out all by herselelf, aunt phil said she was like a little mother to them.
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P:S: There are times like this when I wish you had those smilies.
No jail for child neglect couple
That's the socialist panacea we now live in.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2009/aug/19/baby-p-parents-child-protection
This is a good article and most propbably true with regards to Baby P. Violence breeds violence...
Hiowever, the issue of neglect has still not been raised...
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Upstairs, Downstairs is a BAFTA and Emmy award-winning British drama television series set in a large townhouse in Edwardian London that depicted the lives ...
Upstairs, Downstairs is a BAFTA and Emmy award-winning British drama television series set in a large townhouse in Edwardian London that depicted the lives of the servants "downstairs" and their masters "upstairs". It ran on ITV for five series from 1971 to 1975.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upstairs,_Downstairs
The social drama follow,continue.
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BUT were the parents pissing it up in a Tapas bar???? Hmmm???
That's the difference...
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