A safeguarding review has said 10-month-old Finley Boden died “as the result of abuse when he should have been one of the most protected children'.
ITV News Central correspondent Phil Brewster looks back at the short 10 months of Finley's life, leading up to his murder at the hands of his mother and father.
The report, released by the Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership, found that there were "significant shortcomings" in the assessment and planning of Finley's return to the family home. "However these are not excuses. As the report says Finely should have been one of the most protected children in the local authority area. More should and could have been done to keep Finley safe."
The partnership’s independent chairman and scrutineer, Steve Atkinson, said: “I offer my sincere condolences to Finley’s family and apologise on behalf of the partnership for what happened. “The Partnership Board continues to seek evidence that these changes are fully implemented and will undertake regular reviews to ensure that they have the necessary impact to help keep vulnerable local children safe.”
“Despite the significant Covid restrictions placed on our work at the time, we know there were missed opportunities for stronger practice and we apologise for that.
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