DESCRIPTION:
In December 2017, Birmingham was hit by a storm that left up to 12 inches of snow on the ground, forcing schools to shut and public transport to grind to a halt. Temperatures had been dropping rapidly, and people across the West Midlands braced themselves for a brutally cold winter. Two weeks earlier, amidst a cold snap in the city, the discovery of a vulnerable child’s body outside a house in Nechells raised questions about the efficiency of the UK’s child protective services…
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This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.
Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.
Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton
Narration, audio editing assistance, additional writing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.
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Liminal by Chelsea McGough
Insurgent by Wicked Cinema
Dead Ends by Wicked Cinema
Crooked Man by Wicked Cinema
St Mary by Chelsea McGough And Stephen Keech
Introspection by Shimmer
What You Do Not Know by Joshua Spacht
Recognize by Grant Borland
Strangers by Craig Allen Fravel
Etheria by Cody Martin
The Diary by CJ0
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REFERENCES:
CPS / NSPCC REPORT
https://www.cps.gov.uk/west-midlands/news/updated-sentence-mother-found-guilty-death-hakeem-hussain
https://library.nspcc.org.uk/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/filetransfer/2022BirminghamHakeemCSPR.pdf?filename=CC18C70DB7C8C3D49403BB94EB176F95207E5F66235DCA89651F5ED2BA2CCB261D346020339B5913888CC73C966EB15E1297F7676E3E3E8CB3588BECA62B70A35A4B43E51F84F06AF464C1C52278CA0CEC&DataSetName=LIVEDATA
NEWSBANK
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), November 30, 2017
Birmingham Mail (England), December 1, 2017
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), December 1, 2017
Times, The (London, England), December 1, 2017
Birmingham Mail (England), December 2, 2017
Times, The (London, England), December 2, 2017
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), December 4, 2017
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), December 14, 2017
Birmingham Mail (England), December 15, 2017
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), July 14, 2021
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), July 15, 2021
Times, The (London, England), July 15, 2021
Birmingham Mail (England), July 16, 2021
Times, The (London, England), July 16, 2021
Birmingham Post, The (England), July 22, 2021
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), August 19, 2021
Birmingham Mail (England), August 20, 2021
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), January 6, 2022
Birmingham Post, The (England), January 13, 2022
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), March 28, 2022
Independent, The/The Independent on Sunday: Web Edition Articles (London, England), March 28, 2022
Birmingham Mail (England), March 29, 2022
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), March 29, 2022
Birmingham Mail (England), March 30, 2022
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), March 30, 2022
Birmingham Mail (England), March 31, 2022
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), March 31, 2022
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), April 1, 2022
Birmingham Mail (England), April 2, 2022
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), April 4, 2022
Independent, The/The Independent on Sunday: Web Edition Articles (London, England), April 4, 2022
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), April 5, 2022
Evening Standard: Web Edition Articles (London, England), April 5, 2022
Birmingham Mail (England), April 6, 2022
Birmingham Mail (England), April 7, 2022
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), April 11, 2022
Birmingham Mail (England), April 12, 2022
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), April 19, 2022
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), April 20, 2022
Birmingham Mail (England), April 21, 2022
Birmingham Mail (England), April 22, 2022
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), April 22, 2022
Evening Standard: Web Edition Articles (London, England), April 22, 2022
Independent, The/The Independent on Sunday: Web Edition Articles (London, England), April 22, 2022
Birmingham Mail (England), April 23, 2022
Birmingham Mail (England), April 23, 2022
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), April 23, 2022.
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), April 24, 2022.
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), April 25, 2022
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), April 28, 2022
Birmingham Post, The (England), April 28, 2022
Birmingham Mail (England), April 29, 2022
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), September 1, 2022
Birmingham Mail (England), September 2, 2022
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), September 2, 2022
Times, The (London, England), September 2, 2022
Birmingham Mail (England), September 3, 2022
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), September 7, 2022
Birmingham Post, The (England), September 15, 2022
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), June 25, 2023
ONLINE ARTICLES
https://news.sky.com/story/hakeem-hussain-drug-addict-laura-heath-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-for-the-manslaughter-of-her-son-12600556
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-61003371
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/laura-heath-hakeem-hussain-death-asthma-b2063299.html
https://www.itv.com/news/central/2022-04-05/jury-hears-mums-999-call-after-son-hakeem-hussain-found-dead-in-garden
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/mum-asthmatic-boy-7-who-23761570