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Date: 7th March 1991
Service: CEEFAX
Region: N/A
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC1
Current Page: 143
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P143 CEEFAX 143 Thu 7 Mar 21:40/37 LESSONS TO BE LEARNED 1/3 The High Court judge who presided over the Rochdale abuse affair said there were several lessons to be learned from "this unfortunate case". Mr Justice Brown recommended that proper and intensive training should begiven to those who interviewed childrenon ritual or sexual abuse matters. He said the interviews should be carried out by experienced people such as child psychologists. "At the very minimum, all social workers should read the entire Cleveland report," the judge said. 160Politics 180World News Next News News Plus Politics Headlines
P143 CEEFAX 143 Thu 7 Mar 21:55/17 LESSONS TO BE LEARNED 2/3 Mr Justice Brown has recommended guidelines to be followed if social workers suspect ritual or sexual abuse.The judge said social workers should not remove children from the family home before they have taken expert advice from child psychologists or psychiatrists. He said if children had to be removed, they should be taken from their homes at the end of a school day. It was "potentially harmful" for them to be removed early in the morning, as happened in the Rochdale case, he said.160Politics 180World News Next News News Plus Politics Headlines
P143 CEEFAX 143 Thu 7 Mar 21:59/21 LESSONS TO BE LEARNED 3/3 Mr Justice Brown has recommended that all interviews with children involved in abusj cases should be videotaped. He said the policy of the Greater Manchester Chief Constable, Sir James Anderton, not to videotape interviews was "singularly unhelpful for the children concerned" and should cease. Failing that, social workers should be ready to act independently of the police in taping interviews, he said. Mr Justice Brown said affidavits from all parties must be accurate, balanced and fair. In this case, they were not. 160Politics 180World News Next News News Plus Politics Headlines