Just More Empty Words...

His trial at Winchester crown court heard that Lucy’s school had raised concerns that she was spending time unsupervised with an older man. The trial judge, Mrs Justice May, questioned why social services had not intervened.

The review found that agencies including children’s social care were aware of Nicholson’s criminal history. A “learning report” (Ed:**hollow laugh) produced by the reviewers said the concerns correctly raised by her school did not progress further than the “front door” to the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub. The report said this “resulted in no multi-agency sharing of information held by police, the school and children’s social care.”

The very thing we are always told they need legions of staff for, they don't do. Again. 

The report said a lack of “professional curiosity” was a frequent theme emerging in such cases. It said in this instance there was “a lack of further investigation by police” when Nicholson came to their attention before Lucy’s death, “not least when it became known he was tattooing underage young people”.

/facepalm

Supt Kelly Whiting, Hampshire police’s district commander for Southampton, said the force was “‘identifying improvements”, adding: “We are already developing a trauma informed approach to dealing with all incidents involving children.”

Rob Henderson, Southampton city council’s executive director for wellbeing (children and learning), said: “On behalf of the council I would like to apologise to the victim’s family, friends, and all who knew her, for the council’s shortcomings identified in the report. We have already made changes in a number of the areas highlighted.”

Will the changes you claim to have made make the slightest difference? 

Nobody at the city council has been disciplined over the case. Hampshire police said no disciplinary action had been taken.

That old familiar refrain. So that's a resounding 'no' then...