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Child Abuse linked to a belief in Witchcraft and Spirit Possession. Keeping the Children in Mind Kellie Ann Fitzgerald Newham LSCB. 2000 Anna/Victoria Climbié. ‘You could beat her and she would not cry……she could take the beatings and the pain like anything.’ Victoria’s Carer.
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Child Abuse linked to a belief in Witchcraft and Spirit Possession Keeping the Children in Mind Kellie Ann Fitzgerald Newham LSCB
2000 Anna/Victoria Climbié ‘You could beat her and she would not cry……she could take the beatings and the pain like anything.’ Victoria’s Carer
2001 Adam/Ikpo Mwosa The headless, limbless body of a boy aged between five and six was found floating in the river Thames
2003 Child B "She pulled out a little knife and she did little marks on me. I was bleeding. The three of them surrounded me and one kicked me, one slapped me and one pushed me. I asked myself, What have I done?"
2008 Khyra Ishaq ‘Khyra dropped down as she walked after a spirit got into her body, it was evil and it was trying to control her body because Khyra had accepted it as a friend’ Sibling
Separated Isolated Starved Scapegoated Harmed Traumatised Shared Experiences:
Shared Thinking Shared Knowledge Shared Expertise Shared Processes A Shared Message Partnership Working to Safeguard Children from Abuse linked to a belief in Witchcraft and Spirit Possession