- Baby P's father 'prevented from speaking by court order'
- By Stephen Adams
- The Telegraph
- 04/12/2008 Make a Comment
- Contributed by: MrNatural ( 6 articles in 2008 )
The child's father is said to be keen to speak out, simply to thank the police for their work and the public for their support.
But reporting restrictions mean he cannot do so without risking action against him.
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A source close to the father told The Sun: "He's been in tears at the enormous public sympathy over his beautiful son's death - and he's desperate to publicly thank the police and the nation of mourners."
The Judicial Communications Office, which represents judges, said the order prevented Baby P's father from speaking publicly about his son's death. A spokesman said: "It is automatically ordered that all parties in proceedings cannot talk about them while they are on-going."
The father's solicitor declined to comment because of "on-going proceedings".
A spokesman for Haringey Council said: "Reporting restrictions imposed by the court mean we are not able to discuss this."
Blue-eyed, blond-haired Baby P died in August last year after 17 months of appalling cruelty. He suffered more than 50 physical injuries included eight broken ribs, a broken back and the missing top of a finger.
After his father split from his mother when he was three months old, she increasingly neglected him, leaving him unattended for hours in his cot. Later a lover moved in, beating the little boy relentlessly while his mother chatted on her mobile or watched porn.
Despite scores of visits by social workers they failed to take him into care, while Dr Sabah Al-Zayyat, who examined Baby P two days before his death, has been accused of failing to spot his broken back.
His mother, 27, her boyfriend, 32, and lodger Jason Owen, 36, were last month convicted of causing the death of the boy. They are awaiting sentence.
But reporting restrictions mean he cannot do so without risking action against him.
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A source close to the father told The Sun: "He's been in tears at the enormous public sympathy over his beautiful son's death - and he's desperate to publicly thank the police and the nation of mourners."
The Judicial Communications Office, which represents judges, said the order prevented Baby P's father from speaking publicly about his son's death. A spokesman said: "It is automatically ordered that all parties in proceedings cannot talk about them while they are on-going."
The father's solicitor declined to comment because of "on-going proceedings".
A spokesman for Haringey Council said: "Reporting restrictions imposed by the court mean we are not able to discuss this."
Blue-eyed, blond-haired Baby P died in August last year after 17 months of appalling cruelty. He suffered more than 50 physical injuries included eight broken ribs, a broken back and the missing top of a finger.
After his father split from his mother when he was three months old, she increasingly neglected him, leaving him unattended for hours in his cot. Later a lover moved in, beating the little boy relentlessly while his mother chatted on her mobile or watched porn.
Despite scores of visits by social workers they failed to take him into care, while Dr Sabah Al-Zayyat, who examined Baby P two days before his death, has been accused of failing to spot his broken back.
His mother, 27, her boyfriend, 32, and lodger Jason Owen, 36, were last month convicted of causing the death of the boy. They are awaiting sentence.
Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/baby-p/3547348/Baby-Ps-father-prevented-from-speaking-by-court-order.html
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