A 10-week-old baby girl died after being strapped into a car seat for 15 hours and left in a hotel room by her drunken parents, a damning report reveals. The baby, known only as 'Child M', is one of three of the couple's seven children to tragically die in the space of two years.
A Wigan Safeguarding Children Board report reveals only four have survived longer than 16 months and they still live with their parents. The shocking report revealed how Child M perished on the third day of the "high risk" family's holiday, in July 2016. It contains 11 recommendations which, if applied at the time, may have prevented the infant's "potentially predictable" death. The probe revealed how the parents had left three babies for six hours while they went boozing - only checking in on them occasionally. Authorities were aware mum and dad both struggled with alcohol, but early interventions were stood down as the mum refused permission for help. The tragic event unfolded during a four-day holiday, for which the parents had taken their six children to a resort just 35 miles from Wigan, Greater Manchester.
A Wigan Safeguarding Children Board report reveals only four have survived longer than 16 months and they still live with their parents. The shocking report revealed how Child M perished on the third day of the "high risk" family's holiday, in July 2016. It contains 11 recommendations which, if applied at the time, may have prevented the infant's "potentially predictable" death. The probe revealed how the parents had left three babies for six hours while they went boozing - only checking in on them occasionally. Authorities were aware mum and dad both struggled with alcohol, but early interventions were stood down as the mum refused permission for help. The tragic event unfolded during a four-day holiday, for which the parents had taken their six children to a resort just 35 miles from Wigan, Greater Manchester.