The girl then suffered more abuse when she was looked after by two newly approved foster carers, contracting gonorrhoea and chlamydia. The girl, named Claire in the report, went to school "splay legged" after her first night staying with the foster carers, according to the Croydon Advertiser and 15 months later a test showed the girl had two STIs. The report found there were failures in communication, problems with newly qualified staff and their managers and insufficient assessment of foster carers. One finding seen as particularly worrying was that Claire was kept at the foster carers' home even when a doctor had expressed concerns she could have an STI. "The review found no evidence that anything at the time could have indicated this foster carer was likely to sexually abuse a child in his care.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 26, 2017 22:00 UTC