Season 01 : Episode 04 : Samantha Kematch

Season 01 : Episode 04 : Samantha Kematch

I got physically ill reading this story. I'm a former #childprotection #socialworker and had seen a lot of horrific things in my career.
Thankfully, I never witnessed anything like this.
These children were failed by their parents, #CFS , the #schoolsystem and the #medicalsystem. They should all be on trial.
This reminds me, hauntingly, of the #phoenixsinclair case.
Have they learned nothing since?
When child welfare authorities arrived at his house, the eight-year-old boy was too weak to stand, so he was lying balled up on the floor, his body emaciated and skeletal, “like he was from Auschwitz.