Sharon Dalson, mother who killed children, sent to Rampton

Title

Sharon Dalson, mother who killed children, sent to Rampton

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

4 Jan 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:32

Description

David Kermode reports on the sentencing of a young mother at the Old Bailey in London after she was sent to Rampton secure mental hospital for life after admitting the manslaughter of her two young children. Twenty-four year-old Sharon Dalson from Maple Close, Tottenham, London, strangled her six year-old son Jason and suffocated her five year-old daughter Natalia. Both children were on the At Risk Register of Haringey Council and neighbours had complained about her children screaming in terror in the days leading up to their deaths. Includes interview with Detective Inspector Andrew Hewitt; Toby Harris, Haringey Council; David Jones, British Association of Social Workers. Broadcast on LBC Drivetime programme.

Contributors

Toby Harris; David Kermode; Andrew Hewitt

Keywords

London; Local authorities; Crime; UK; Great Britain; Social workers; Psychiatric hospitals; Children (age group); Child abuse; Children (family); England; Haringey Council; Rampton Secure Hospital; Trials; Manslaughter; Sentencing; Tottenham; Schizophrenia; Sharon Dalson; Jason Dalson; Natalia Dalson

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