hackney social services accused of

Hackney social services accused of failing murdered children, and a cover up

Last year Antoine and Kenniece Ogunkoya, were murdered by their

schizophrenic mother, after Hackney Social Services sanctioned

unsupervised overnight visits against their fathers wishes.

Now, as the Hackney Safeguarding Children's Board is due to publish

its summary of the report into their deaths, the Council stands

accused by their grieving father, Jimi Ogunkoya of trying to cover up

the report. Mr Ogunkoya said: "My children's death is not the first in

these circumstances, and sadly it won't be the last"

He accuses the council of failing his children.

Hackney Council said a "decision had not yet been made whether the

full report would be released to the family"

This is an ill judged and unacceptable position for any council to

take, particularly one with Hackney's history of child protection. Any

parent has the right to know why their children have been murdered.

Lord Laming, who led the inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbie in

2000, expressed his concerns that 4 years after the 'Every Child

Matters' legislation which was supposed to prevent any more of these

terrible deaths: " I despair about organisations that have not put