An inquest in October 2014 took only seven minutes to declare Poppi’s death “unexplained”. A series of health workers failed to spot the warning signs of “multi-generational abuse” before 13-month-old Poppi Worthington died following an alleged sexual offence, a serious case review has found. Poppi’s mother suffered a difficult and traumatic childhood, the report said, including “inter- and multi-generational abuse” and time spent in care that could have compromised her own parenting. Related: Poppi Worthington death: toddler was sexually assaulted by father, says judgeThe review by Cumbria’s local safeguarding children board found that Poppi’s mother appeared a competent mother coping with a rapidly growing family but social workers should have offered help earlier. Jackson found that, on the civil standard of the balance of probabilities, Worthington had abused Poppi in the hours before she died.

Source: The Guardian June 13, 2016 11:00 UTC