Authorities 'underestimated' risks posed by man who went on to kill sister

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Authorities 'underestimated' risks posed by man who went on to kill sister while on caravan holiday

A man who choked his ‘kind’ sister to death after an argument at a caravan park had previously stabbed her with scissors and authorities ‘underestimated’ the risk he posed to family members, a review has found.

A review of the events leading up to Amanda’s death by the Tameside Safeguarding Children Partnership found that there were a number of missed opportunities over three years that may have identified ‘escalating risk’ in relation to Selby. For four years agencies had shared concerns with children’s social care in respect of Selby’s escalating violent and aggressive behaviours’ but this led to no further action from social services, the panel stated. He had been expelled from primary school when he was eight years old for his aggressive behaviour.

The panel found that Amanda had grown up in a home where ‘violence and aggressive behaviours’ had been present and where all family members had been physically harmed by her brother on ‘many occasions’. "When the case was closed in 2018 agencies recognised that the risk of abuse remained and the panel felt the risks posed by [Selby] were underestimated,” the review team states.Selby’s behaviour continued to cause concern for authorities from 2018 to 2021, with two referrals being made to social services from different agencies, but the review found no evidence these were ‘actioned’.

There was ‘considerable delay’ in identifying the need for an autism assessment, which may have affected access by the family to appropriate support, the panel found. “There is a need to identify a service which would be able to respond to specific needs of children with an autism diagnosis rather than trying to make traditional services fit.”

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