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My case review I have researched is a little boy who died in March 2012 aged 4years and 8 months. He died from a blow to the head but had suffered months of abuse prior to his death. He had been systematically deprived of food, fed salt, locked in a room and physically abused. He had numerous injuries at the time of death as well as the head injury which was the cause of death. Daniels mother and her partner were convicted of his murder. Daniel had an older and younger sibling. The family were polish.

THE SCR IDENTIFIED THREE KEY POINTS WHERE INTERVENTION COULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE. THESE WERE :
* when Daniel had a broken arm in January 2011 the medical assessment was inconclusive but there were concerning features to the injury and its

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