Thursday 28 February 2013

FILICIDE: Indonesia: Mother drowns son, nine, in the bath because she thought 'his small penis would ruin his life'


The woman handed herself in and confessed to police

  • She said his penis became smaller after circumcision
  • Mother, 38, had dressed his body and laid it on the bed
  • Officers have ordered her to have psychological tests
Police in the capital Jakarta said today that the woman, 38, told them her son had a small penis before he was circumcised but that it was even smaller after the operation.
Spokesman Rikwanto said the mother believed the boy would have a 'bleak future' because of the size of his genitalia.
The woman drowned the youngster in a bath filled with water before dressing him and laying his body on a bed.
Officers said the woman is fully conscious of what she had done and had handed herself in.
 

But the police have also ordered her to undergo psychological tests to assess her mental state.

Rikwanto told AFP: 'She told police investigators that she killed him as he would have a bleak future with his small penis.
Drowned: Jakarta, Indonesia, where the mother killed her nine-year-old son
Drowned: Jakarta, Indonesia, where the mother killed her nine-year-old son
'She drowned her son in a bathtub filled with water. She then dressed him and laid him on a bed. 
'After that, she went to a nearby police office to report her crime.'
The woman is not thought to have been charged but is believed to be in custody.
The death penalty is still used in Indonesia, although it is becoming rarer.
Confession: The 38-year-old woman handed herself into police in Jakarta
Confession: The 38-year-old woman handed herself into police in Jakarta


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FILICIDE: UK: Chantelle Blake pleads guilty to manslaughter


Damning report into care of Kaiya, 4, killed by her cannabis smoking mother reveals 55 opportunities were missed by SEVEN agencies to help her

  • Chantelle Blake suffocated daughter Kaiya with a pillow
  • Made the subject of hospital order after pleading guilty to manslaughter
  • Psychiatrist found she had no symptoms of serious mental illness two months before she killed her daughter
  • Serious Case Review says Kaiya's death 'could not have been predicted'
  • But it criticises 'poor judgement' among agencies
  • Report details at least 55 times where opportunity was missed
    A four-year-old girl smothered to death by her paranoid schizophrenic mother was repeatedly failed by seven state agencies charged with her care in the years leading up to her death, a damning report said today.
Chantelle Blake, 33, suffocated her daughter Kaiya with a pillow after suffering from 'delusions and hallucinations' - despite the mother and child being seen by authorities at least 55 times in the space of three years.
A Serious Case Review published today revealed that just two months before Kaiya was killed her mother was assessed by an experienced psychiatrist as having no symptoms indicative of a serious mental illness.
Tragedy: A Serious Case Review has cited a catalogue of failings by authorities after paranoid schizophrenic Chantelle Blake suffocated her four-year-old daughter Kaiya with a pillow after suffering from 'delusions and hallucinations'
Tragedy: A Serious Case Review has cited a catalogue of failings by authorities after paranoid schizophrenic Chantelle Blake suffocated her four-year-old daughter Kaiya with a pillow after suffering from 'delusions and hallucinations'
Each time medical opinion was sought Blake was considered not to have any enduring mental health problems, the report said.
But her own family said Blake had been mentally unwell for more than a decade
Blake, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2005, had been smoking cannabis since the age of 12. The report said the use of the drug often coincides with an exacerbation of psychosis.
 
She was made the subject of a hospital order after pleading guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility at Manchester Crown Court last November.
During the hearing, the court heard the woman feared she was being persecuted by her neighbours, and she suffocated her four-year-old daughter 'out of love' to protect her. There is no evidence to suggest the neighbour did anything wrong.
When sentencing her, Mr Justice MacKay said: ‘The day you ended your daughter's life will, I am sure, be with you forever.’
Criticisms: A 65-page Serious Case Review report on behalf of Manchester Safeguarding Children Board criticised 'poor judgment and a lack of robustness in managerial oversight' among some of the seven state agencies who had contact with the family
Suffocated: Four-year-old Kaiya was killed by her mother, who was made the subject of a hospital order after pleading guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility last November
Criticisms: A 65-page Serious Case Review report on behalf of Manchester Safeguarding Children Board criticised 'poor judgment and a lack of robustness in managerial oversight' among some of the seven state agencies who had contact with the family
The judge said it was not the purpose of the court to punish Blake, as doctors on both sides agreed she was and is suffering from paranoid schizophrenia.
He said: ‘I fully accept that you did what you did out of your love for and concern for Kaiya.’
Mr Justice MacKay said the defendant's ‘mental functions’ 'abnormal’ at the time.
‘You were thinking in a distorted and deluded way, but you genuinely believed that you were acting to protect your daughter from harm by persons who wished her ill. You thought that because you were mentally ill at the time.’
Social services were first made aware of concerns for the child in July 2008 more than three years before her death when Blake said her daughter, then 18 months old, wanted to have a sexual relationship with her and that she was hearing voices.
Scene: The police investigation is underway as flowers are left outside the house of Chantelle Blake after she killed her young daughter Kaiya
Scene: The police investigation is underway as flowers are left outside the house of Chantelle Blake after she killed her young daughter Kaiya
Twice police used emergency powers, in July 2009 and October 2010, taking the child from her mother, but Kaiya was returned with 'undue haste', the report said.
On both occasions Blake stripped her daughter naked because she said she wanted to check for signs of sexual abuse.
Parents, nursery staff and even housing association workmen at her flat repeatedly reported concerns but despite a 'Child Protection Plan', conferences and strategy meetings there was a 'fairly chaotic' approach to case planning, the report said.
Damning: The report states parents, nursery staff and even housing association workmen at her flat repeatedly reported concerns
Damning: The report states parents, nursery staff and even housing association workmen at her flat repeatedly reported concerns
Just two months before Kaiya was killed her mother was assessed by an experienced psychiatrist as having no symptoms indicative of a serious mental illness.
On one occasion she hit Kaiya so hard at local shops, three members of the public called police.
And she told the child on another occasion at a police station: 'It's just me and you now; we will have to take each day as it comes and see how long we last. At least we know there is a place for us up there.'
The report says Manchester Children’s Social Care received a total of 10 referrals, the first being made in July 2008. 
The common thread in the referrals related to concerns about Blake's mental health and her management of her daughter. 
But on one occasion, after Kaiya was placed in emergency foster care in July 2009, police and a social worker visited her home, where they concluded there was no immediate concerns for the four-year-old's safety and that she should return home.
The report concluded Kaiya's death 'could not have been predicted'.
Ian Rush, chairman of Manchester Safeguarding Children Board, said: 'Whilst the report finds that the tragic death of this little girl could not have been predicted by any of the agencies working with the family, the recommendations make it clear that agencies could and should have done some things differently.
'This was a complex case, made all the more so by the mother's mental health needs, and presenting behaviour.
'This led to an over-emphasis by agencies on dealing with the mother and her needs, rather than focusing on the child and ensuring her needs were met.'
Kaiya's father, Alexander Glenford, was living mostly in Jamaica before his daughter's death.
Blake believed she was being persecuted and killed Kaiya 'out of love' so no one could harm her daughter.
Kaiya was found by police at their home in Garthorne Close, Moss Side, Manchester, on September 22, 2011 after the defendant turned up at A&E with a child's suitcase.
She had slashed her arms with a knife and told a nurse she had suffocated her daughter.
Blake will only be released from hospital when cleared by doctors and by a Ministry of Justice independent review panel.

THE 55 MISSED OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP KAIYA

In the three years leading up to Kaiya's death, the seven agencies had dozens of meetings with the mother, often with the daughter present, the report states. 
The agencies met with the mother, either through home visits or through her attending services, at least 55 times. Listed are face-to-face interactions only. There was further contact between Blake and the services through phone calls and letters. 
Manchester Children's Social Care: Blake had at least 17 face-to-face interactions with social workers between 2008 and 2011. 
Greater Manchester Police: Officers met with Blake at least five times, initially in July 2008 when a visit was made to her home with social workers. The report says home conditions were seen to be of a 'high standard' and there was nothing to indicate Blake suffered from a mental health condition.
Manchester Early Years and Sure Start (Children's centre): The report cites several occasions when concerns were raised at the centre where Blake attended with her daughter from February 2009. 
Adactus Housing: Housing officers spoke to Blake and workers raised concerns after attending her home on seven occasions.  
NHS Manchester: There were 19 occasions when Blake either visited health services, or health workers visited her home or met with her, from July 2008.
Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust: The trust had at least four face-to-face interactions with Blake from July 2009. 
Central Manchester Foundation Trust: On July 5, 2009, police took Blake to the hospital emergency department where she was assessed by a mental health liaison nurse. It was concluded that there were no signs of mental illness, denial of auditory hallucinations or thoughts of suicide or self harm.
September 22, 2011: Kaiya's body was found by police at her mother's home in Moss Side, Greater Manchester


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Friday 15 February 2013

FILICIDE (multiple): more on Mairead Philpott


Mother accused of killing her six children in house fire 'had termination after falling pregnant by another man during affair'

  • Mairead and Michael Philpott both accused of starting a house fire last year
  • Six of their children were killed by the blaze as they slept in their beds
  • Mrs Philpott's colleague Claire Tyler tells court the mother had an abortion
  • Ms Tyler tells jury Mrs Philpott's baby was fathered by another man 
Co-accused: Mairead Philpott, left, allegedly had an abortion because the baby was fathered by a man who wasn't her husband Michael, right
Co-accused: Mairead Philpott, left, allegedly had an abortion because the baby was fathered by a man who wasn't her husband Michael, right
A mother jointly accused of killing her six children in a house fire had an abortion after falling pregnant with another man's baby, a court heard today.
Mairead Philpott, 31, is jointly charged with her husband Michael, 56, of starting a house fire which killed six of their young children as they slept in their beds.
Mrs Philpott's colleague Claire Tyler today told the court how the mother had taken time off work at the Royal Derby Hospital in 2011 to see her doctor about having a termination.
She told the court Mrs Philpott was pregnant with another man's child after having sex with him in front of her husband. 
Shaun Smith QC, Mrs Philpott’s barrister, asked Ms Tyler: 'It’s the case, isn’t it, that she had had sex with another man and the child was a result of that?
'And that was when Mick was there, that she had had sex with another man?'
'Yes,' Ms Tyler replied.
Ms Tyler added that Mrs Philpott was bubbly and very talkative during her work as a hospital cleaner, but her personality would change when her husband picked her up from work and she became very subdued.
'She loved her job,' she said. 'She saw it as a break to get away from her home life and children.'
As soon as her husband would pick her up at work and she got into the van, her mood would change 'instantly', Ms Tyler said, and she would become subdued and even agitated.
Accused: Michael Philpott pictured with the six children who died in the house fire
Accused: Mairead Philpott and her husband Michael, pictured with the six children who died in the house fire, are both accused of manslaughter
She also told how she overheard Mr Philpott saying someone being interviewed by police was 'going to drop us in it'. 
Nottingham Crown Court heard how Mr Philpott allegedly made the comments on the phone days after the house fire in Derby last May.
Ms Tyler told jurors she heard his side of the conversation. She said: 'I heard him say he has not got the story right.'
Prosecutor Richard Latham QC asked her: 'When he said he has not got the story right, did he say what the consequence was going to be?'
'He’s going to drop us in it,' she replied.
'He has not got the story right. He’s going to drop either us or me in it. You heard him say that on the phone?' Mr Latham asked. She replied: 'Yes.'
On trial: Mick Philpott (left), his wife Mairead (centre) and defendant Paul Mosley (right) have been accused of starting the fire which killed the children
On trial: Michael Philpott (left), his wife Mairead (centre) and defendant Paul Mosley (right) have been accused of starting the fire which killed the children
In cross-examination, Anthony Orchard QC, defending Philpott, suggested to Ms Tyler that she only heard one side of the conversation, that she did not know who Philpott was talking about, she had not made any notes of what exactly he had said, and that the man he was said to be talking about had nothing to do with this case.
Ms Tyler, who had known Mairead Philpott for around seven years when they worked together as hospital cleaners, agreed with Mr Orchard’s submission.
She was giving evidence at the trial in which Philpott and his 31-year-old wife are accused of the manslaughter of their six children. A third defendant, 46-year-old Paul Mosley, also stands accused of the same charges.
Ms Tyler also admitted Mrs Philpott had told her about her triangular relationship at home.
Mrs Philpott and her husband lived at the property in Victory Road with Lisa Willis, 29, who was Philpott's mistress.
Mick and Mairead Philpott, pictured with five of the six children who died in the house fire. The other identities have been obscured for legal reasons
Mick and Mairead Philpott, pictured with five of the six children who died in the house fire. The other identities have been obscured for legal reasons
A total of 11 children also lived there - six were those of Mr and Mrs Philpott, four were Miss Willis's who were fathered by Philpott, and one child was Miss Willis's from a previous relationship.
Ms Tyler said Mrs Philpott told her about when Miss Willis left the family home with her five children in February and described the effect it was having.
'She was getting blamed for Lisa going,' she said. 'Blamed by?' Mr Latham asked. 'Her husband,' Ms Tyler answered.
Jade, 10, and her brothers John, nine, Jack, eight, Jesse, six, Jayden, five, and Duwayne, 13, all perished after a fire which engulfed their home in Victory Road, Allenton, Derby, in the early hours of May 11 last year.
All three defendants have denied the charges.


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Tuesday 12 February 2013

FILICIDE (multiple): UK: Mairead Philpott on trial


Couple accused of killing their six children in a house fire 'started the blaze in a plan that went horribly wrong'

  • Mick and Mairead Philpott allegedly started fire in May last year
  • The couple, and third defendant, deny six separate counts of manslaughter
  • Trial started at Nottingham Crown Court today
A couple accused of killing their six children in a house fire started the blaze as part of a 'plan that went horribly wrong', a court heard today.
Mick and Mairead Philpott allegedly started the fatal fire at their semi-detached home, in Victory Road, Derby, on May 11 last year.
The family shared an unconventional lifestyle - Philpott, 56, his 31-year-old wife Mairead, and his mistress Lisa Willis, 28, all lived in the same house together.
On trial: Mick Philpott (left), his wife Mairead (centre) and defendant Paul Mosley (right) have been accused of starting the fire which killed the children
On trial: Mick Philpott (left), his wife Mairead (centre) and defendant Paul Mosley (right) have been accused of starting the fire which killed the children
Accused: Mick Philpott pictured with the six children who died in the house fire
Accused: Mick Philpott pictured with the six children who died in the house fire
The children, five boys and a girl, aged between five and 13, died in the fire at their house in Derby, pictured. Flowers were left at the scene
The children, five boys and a girl, aged between five and 13, died in the fire at their house in Derby, pictured. Flowers were left at the scene
A total of 11 children also lived in the property - six were those of Mick and Mairead Philpott, while four were his children with Ms Willis. Another child was Ms Willis's with a different father.
Mick and Mairead Philpott's children - Jade, ten, and her brothers John, nine, Jack, eight, Jesse, six, Jayden, five, and Duwayne, 13 - all perished after the fire which engulfed their home as they slept in their beds.
The couple, along with a third defendant, 46-year-old Paul Mosley, have all denied six separate counts of manslaughter in relation to the deaths.
At the start of their trial at Nottingham Crown Court today, prosecutor Richard Latham QC told the jury of six men and six women that the Philpotts, Ms Willis, and the 11 children had all lived in the house together until February 11 last year.
He said the fire, three months later, was no accident and had been started using petrol in the hallway of the house.
Denial: The couple (pictured here with five of the children), along with a third defendant, 46-year-old Paul Mosley, have all denied six separate counts of manslaughter in relation to the deaths
Denial: The couple (pictured here with five of the children), along with a third defendant, 46-year-old Paul Mosley, have all denied six separate counts of manslaughter in relation to the deaths
'We say that this was a plan that went horribly wrong and resulted in total tragedy,' Mr Latham said.
Mr Latham told jurors they were trying and would ultimately decide the verdict of the case on evidence that the actions of the defendants to any 'sober and reasonable person' were unlawful because starting the fire with the children in the house would put them at substantial risk.
'This is not a murder trial,' he said.
'What is alleged is that these children died as a result of the unlawful acts of these defendants who, we say, were acting together in a joint enterprise, setting a house fire.
'They are criminally responsible for the deaths as a result of setting the fire for some motive, for some other perceived advantage.'
The family shared an unconventional lifestyle - Philpott (right), 56, his 31-year-old wife Mairead (left), and his mistress Lisa Willis, 28, all lived in the same house together
The family shared an unconventional lifestyle - Philpott (right), 56, his 31-year-old wife Mairead (left), and his mistress Lisa Willis, 28, all lived in the same house together
Mr Latham told the jury it was a 'whodunnit trial.'
He said the jurors had to decide if the fire was an inside job or was started by someone else.
Plans of Victory Road and the house where the Philpotts lived were shown to the jury.
They heard that the three-bedroom semi-detached home, owned by Derby Homes, had a games room with a full-length snooker table and a conservatory.
A caravan and a minibus were parked in the driveway, blocking access down the side of the house at the time of the fire.
Mr Latham said that while Ms Willis and her children were living at the three-bed house, most of the children normally slept upstairs while Mrs Philpott slept in either the living room or the conservatory.
Mick Philpott slept in a caravan outside with Ms Willis.
The adults had a sexual relationship but Philpott had often said he was unhappy with his wife, jurors heard.
'He often expressed the view he preferred his relationship with Lisa Willis to that he had with his wife Mairead,' Mr Latham said.
'He had spoken of divorcing Mairead - not separating from her but divorcing her - in order that he could make Lisa Willis his wife.
'He wanted to change their status but he wanted them both to still live in the house.'
Ms Willis had become unhappy with the relationship, Mr Latham said, but had not expressed her feelings to Philpott because she was worried about his reaction.
'Unbeknown to Michael Philpott, Lisa Willis got to the point where she found the whole domestic set-up unacceptable.
'She knew that to simply announce to Michael Philpott that she found the relationship set-up unacceptable would provoke a singularly unpleasant reaction.
'He was the one who made the decisions, the women did not.'
On Saturday February 11, Ms Willis told him she was taking her children swimming and did not return home, the jury heard.
'We say that this event was the catalyst for everything that was to follow,' Mr Latham said.
He said Philpott was deeply troubled by the fact Ms Willis had left him and taken his children.
'He wanted the children back with or without her. He just wanted the children.'
Jade Philpott, 10
Jade Philpott, 10
Jayden Philpott, 5
Jayden Philpott, 5
John Philpott, 9
John Philpott, 9
Jack Philpott, 8
Jack Philpott, 8
Jesse Philpott, 6
Jesse Philpott, 6
Duwayne Philpott, 13
Duwayne Philpott, 13
Court proceedings began in due course and on the morning of the fire, which happened in the early hours, Ms Willis and Philpott had been due in court to discuss residency of the children.
The court heard that Ms Willis met Philpott when she was 17 or 18 and he was about 45.
She already had son Jordan and they moved into the Victory Road house a short time after meeting Philpott.
'Her sexual relationship with Michael Philpott started after she had been living there about three weeks,' Mr Latham said.
'Almost from the outset he sought to exert total control over her.'
Arrival: A prison van believed to be containing the defendants arrives at Nottingham Crown Court today
Arrival: A prison van believed to be containing the defendants arrives at Nottingham Crown Court today
Her wages from a cleaning job were paid into his bank account, as were her benefits.
When she decided she could no longer remain in the relationship she went to stay with her sister, Amanda, before staying in a women's refuge.
She returned to the home with a friend on February 14 to collect clothes for her and the children and was challenged by Philpott.
'There was an incident on the doorstep, Philpott manifesting huge aggression and the police were called,' Mr Latham said.
'What she had done challenged the very core of his attitude to his family and his women.
The funeral of the six at St Mary's Catholic Church in Derby
The funeral of the six at St Mary's Catholic Church in Derby
'She had stood up to him, he was no longer in control and that was absolutely unacceptable to him.'
Philpott told friends Ms Willis was not going to get full custody of the children.
On May 1, he reported to the police that Ms Willis made threats to kill him, the court heard.
About a fortnight before the fire he told friends he had 'a plan up his sleeve', Mr Latham said.
'He told people he had a plan up his sleeve and that she wasn't going to get away with it - watch this space,' Mr Latham told the court.
'Michael Philpott said, "There is no way she is having those kids. Just you wait and see",' he added.
Mr Latham said Philpott began to set Ms Willis up when she did 'as she wanted rather than what he required'.
The court heard that in the weeks before the fire Philpott received a call from his wife while taking friends to a darts game in his minibus.
Philpott told his friends, 'Sorry guys someone is threatening to torch the house with the kids in it', Mr Latham told the court.
'This was all nonsense. This was all a way of setting what had become a plan,' Mr Latham added.
He told court Ms Willis denies threatening to torch the house.


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Friday 1 February 2013

INFANTICIDE: UK: Natalie McMillan jailed over death of four-month-old son after knocking five stone TV on his head while she was high on drink and heroin


Baby Kian was lying on his changing mat at his family home in Burnley, Lancashire, when the TV fell on his head

  • While giving evidence his mother Natalie McMillan tried to shift the blame to the boy's father Edward Hanratty 
  • Court heard both parents were high on drugs and alcohol the night their baby died 
  • McMillan and Hanratty pleaded guilty to child cruelty on the basis of neglect 
Kian McMillan was just four months old when he died after a five-stone television fell on his head
Kian McMillan was just four months old when he died after a five-stone television fell on his head
A woman whose four-month-old son died when she knocked a five-stone television set on to his head while she was high on drink and drugs has been jailed for 15 months.
Natalie McMillan, 25, put her 'self-indulgent drugs lifestyle' ahead of the welfare of her son, Kian, who died from 'catastrophic injuries', said the Recorder of Preston, Judge Anthony Russell QC.
The baby was lying on his changing mat at the family home in Burnley, Lancashire, when the defendant attempted to move the TV to plug in a scart lead and watch a DVD.
While giving evidence at her trial she tried to shift the blame to the boy’s father, her ex-partner Edward Hanratty, 41, and said she was upstairs in bed at the time.
She denied she had been under the influence of drugs when her son died but tests later showed she had taken heroin and valium.
Hanratty had also taken drink and drugs and had passed out on the kitchen floor at their address in Scarlett Street on December 6, 2011.
Both pleaded guilty to child cruelty on the basis of neglect during their trial at Preston Crown Court last month.
McMillan, of Clarendon Road, Leeds, was cleared of manslaughter by gross negligence but Judge Russell said today that he was satisfied it was she who actually moved the television through 'foolishness'.
 
Hanratty, of Dirkhill Road, Bradford, failed to attend for his sentencing and a warrant for his arrest was issued.
Sentencing McMillan, the judge said: 'Over the short life of your child it is apparent that both you and your partner gave priority to your selfish and self-indulgent drugs lifestyle and neglected the welfare of Kian.
'On the night he died, both of you were so intoxicated by drugs and alcohol that you probably forgot all about him with the tragic consequence that he died.'
Natalie McMillan
Edward Hanratty
Natalie McMillan (left) tried to shift the blame to the boy's father, her ex-partner Edward Hanratty (right), claiming she was upstairs when the TV fell on Kian who was just four months old when he died 
The judge said it was clear that McMillan had been concealing the extent of her drug addiction from Social Services and health teams for a long time.
She also hid her relationship with Hanratty, who was known to Social Services for previous welfare issues with other children.
'Had you revealed the true position, it is at least a possibility that steps would have been taken to address those issues and that Kian’s welfare might have been better safeguarded,' said Judge Russell.
'Quite remarkably in your evidence, which I have re-read, you never said you were sorry for what happened. In reality there is no mitigation in your case.'
Peter Wright QC, defending, said: 'This has been a long road to recovery for this woman and it is indeed one that continues.
'There is the expression of remorse in the plea tendered. It was an expression which, we submit, was one of proper remorse when free of drugs and on mature reflection she recognised she had offended in this form and recognises she needs to be punished.
'This is a young woman who is emotionally detached. 
This emotional detachment may be long term by reason of her own life by what occurred in infancy and subsequently in adolescence.'
He added McMillan had made 'considerable improvement' since descending to the 'depths of the spiral of drink and drugs' and could see a future for herself.


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