Authorities underestimated the risks posed by man who killed his sister, report finds
Amanda Selby was killed by her brother while they were on holiday in north Wales with their father
Selby, of Windermere Crescent, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, was originally jailed for five years in December 2022. A serious case review into Amanda's death commissioned by Tameside's Safeguarding Children Partnership revealed that social services knew about Selby's "escalating violent and aggressive behaviours", but underestimated the risk he posed to his sister.The report said the family was known to various agencies since 2008, 13 years before Amanda was killed.
The report stated that the family separated in 2017 due to Selby's increasing violence, from which point Amanda lived with her mother while her brother lived with his father.The review raised concerns that the case had ended too soon. It said authorities relied too much on the family reporting improvements and found there was a "complacency among agencies".
She said: "We can't comment on the individual circumstances of this tragic case. However, we know while the vast majority of the UK's more than 700,000 autistic people are completely law abiding, not getting the right support can all too often lead young people and their families into total crisis." "The partnership commissioned the review as part of our usual statutory process to identify any learning required and to be open and transparent about the circumstances. Where learning has been identified we have taken this on board and put action plans in place to address.
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