Season 8 - Episode 42

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…

*** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED ***  

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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MUSIC: 

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