I Knew That a Child Was Going to Die ; Exclusive Whistleblower Reveals Social Services Blunders Over Baby P I Was Bullied and Ostracised Then Warned to Keep Quiet by a Boss Agency Staff Earned Pounds 1k a Week but Still Had an 'I Don't Care' Attitude When I Spoke Out They Tried to Take My Own Daughter Away From Me

Sunday Mirror › November 16, 2008

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THE brave whistleblower who social services chiefs tried to gag today breaks her silence to reveal the shocking catalogue of blunders that led to Baby P's death.

Nevres Kemal is the experienced social worker who was so horrified at Haringey Council's shambolic child protection department she wrote to ministers to warn of an imminent catastrophe.

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I Knew That a Child Was Going to Die ; Exclusive Whistleblower Reveals Social Services Blunders Over Baby P I Was Bullied and Ostracised Then Warned to Keep Quiet by a Boss Agency Staff Earned Pounds 1k a Week but Still Had an 'I Don't Care' Attitude When I Spoke Out They Tried to Take My Own Daughter Away From Me

Nevres, 44, exposes how staff were taken on "team-building" jaunts to Barcelona and Dublin and blew pounds 1,600 on a tea party at the Ritz. Back in their office, urgent files were piled high and ignored. Children like BabyP who needed the department's protection were shamefully let down.

She reveals she warned children's services chief Sharon Shoesmith she would have "blood on her hands" if urgent action wasn't taken.

But instead of her concerns being taken up and acte...

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