Khyra Ishaq Starvation Death ‘Was Social Services Failure’
Social services face questions about their failure to act after a seven-year-old girl who allegedly starved to death through neglect.
Khyra Ishaq was found with her five brothers and sisters living in squalid conditions in a house in Birmingham. Critically ill, she was taken to hospital but died hours later, while the rest of the children were treated for emaciation.
Angela Gordon, 33, and 29-year-old Junaid Abuhamza – believed to be her mother and step-father – appeared before magistrates on Monday, charged with neglect and were remanded in custody.
Birmingham Perry Barr MP Khalid Mahmood called for an investigation into the city’s social services after it emerged that Khyra and the other children had been taken out of school nearly three months ago amid claims of bullying.
“There are structural issues here within the local authority that need to be addressed,” he said.
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