It makes me feel physically sick that all those neighbours stood by and did nothing despite hearing weeks of screaming, crying and noises. We're not talking of a one off incident here. It was fucking weeks!! What the hell is wrong with people? They should hang their heads in shame.
However, there is a serious problem with social services and until that is addressed these cases are going to keep happening. My sibling used to be a social worker working with abused children. Went into the job wanting to save children and make a difference. Very quickly realised that due to a severe lack of funding and the ridiculous legalities of only removing children from abusive families as a last resort, that they were completely failing these children. The workloads are so huge due to other social workers being off work with the stress of the job so not enough time is given to each individual child. There needs to be a major overhaul and serious investment in social services for vulnerable children to stand any chance.