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22/11/01
- Social worker describes anguish over tragic Victoria
A social worker who closed the file on child abuse victim
Victoria Climbie a week before she died has told of her
deep anguish. Lisa Arthurworrey, who worked at Haringey
Council, sent a closing letter to eight-year-old Victoria's
guardians.
Marie Therese Kouao and her boyfriend Carl Manning were
jailed for life in January this year for Victoria's murder.
Miss Arthurworrey, in a statement to the inquiry in central
London into Victoria's death, said the case had left her
close to breakdown and suffering from chronic insomnia
and depression.
Victoria, who died in February last year, was found with
128 separate injuries to her body after suffering months
of torture in one of Britain's worst child abuse cases.
After discussing the case with her immediate superiors
Miss Arthurworrey sent a letter to Kouao and also telephoned
a police officer involved in the case to inform them the
case was being closed.
In her statement, Miss Arthurworrey said: "I feel
physically sick at the thought of the abuse that Victoria
suffered which ultimately resulted in her death. "I
did not used to have any health problems but now I suffer
from chronic insomnia and depression.
"I feel that I have become almost obsessed with Victoria's
case. I keep playing my involvement with her over and
over in my head like a continuous tape."
Miss Arthurworrey is currently suspended from Haringey
Council but she said she had been "scapegoated"
by the media and the council. |
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