Has anyone else been following this case? I’ve found it very distressing that both the parents thought that smacking a baby was acceptable, especially after they had been through the adoption vetting process. And they seemed annoyed that the baby was unsettled when he moved from foster care to live with them.
I really feel for the birth mother as well. He was removed at birth, presumably because he was at risk of harm, but I assume that she knows what happened. How awful for her.
Leiland-James Corkill: Couple 'struggled to bond with baby' www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-61422121
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Leiland-James Corkhill Trial
EllieQ · 13/05/2022 09:55
AdriannaP · 13/05/2022 20:21
I was so upset to hear read that thr neighbor didn’t report them to not upset them. Poor innocent boy 😔💔
”Jane Lloyd said she would hear "frequent" shouting and swearing over the sound of her own television, as well as "the sound of like a slap followed by crying".
The regularity of the noises increased in the run-up to Leiland-James's death, the jury was told.
"The shouting was nearly everyday and what sounded like smacking was two to three times a week," she said.
'Toys thrown'
Prosecutor Michael Brady QC asked if Mrs Lloyd ever reported her concerns to the authorities, to which she replied: "No, that's one thing that's not sitting right at all."
When asked why not, she said the Castles would have known it was her and she wanted to avoid an "awkward situation with the neighbours".
AdriannaP · 13/05/2022 20:21
I was so upset to hear read that thr neighbor didn’t report them to not upset them. Poor innocent boy 😔💔
”Jane Lloyd said she would hear "frequent" shouting and swearing over the sound of her own television, as well as "the sound of like a slap followed by crying".
The regularity of the noises increased in the run-up to Leiland-James's death, the jury was told.
"The shouting was nearly everyday and what sounded like smacking was two to three times a week," she said.
'Toys thrown'
Prosecutor Michael Brady QC asked if Mrs Lloyd ever reported her concerns to the authorities, to which she replied: "No, that's one thing that's not sitting right at all."
When asked why not, she said the Castles would have known it was her and she wanted to avoid an "awkward situation with the neighbours".
Feenie · 13/05/2022 21:07
I’m horrified that they would have had to pay £170 to end the adoption process. So ludicrous.
Viviennemary · 16/05/2022 15:30
This very distressing case case is concluding today. There is so little reporting on it. Perhaps there are reporting restrictions because it concerns a foster child. Seems strange it's hardly being reported in the media at all.
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