Shameless Sharon ; Yasmin Alibhai-Brown Is Appalled by Ms Shoesmith's Arrogant Refusal to Be Held Accountable

Daily MailOctober 09, 2009

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OCCASIONALLY, I think I can never be moved to rage any more -- too much goes wrong all the time and your senses dull as cynicism sets in. Then suddenly something happens and every cell in your body and mind rises in protest.

Mine did when I discovered that Sharon Shoesmith has gone to court to challenge her sacking after she failed miserably to ensure her staff did all they could have done to safeguard poor baby Peter, the blue-eyed toddler tortured, literally broken and then killed while living with his mother Tracey Connelly, her sadistic boyfriend Steven Barker and a lodger, Jason Owen.

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Shameless Sharon ; Yasmin Alibhai-Brown Is Appalled by Ms Shoesmith's Arrogant Refusal to Be Held Accountable

Shoesmith was then the director of Haringey Children's Services (salary Pounds 133,000 pa) where Peter lived. Her response to the death of the infant was vigorously to protect herself and her malfunctioning department. The ugly irony is that those who did not protect a helpless child understood self protection all too well.

Totally absent has been any...

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