Cleveland child abuse case makes 6 children wards of court

Title

Cleveland child abuse case makes 6 children wards of court

Genre

Interview

TX Date

31 Jul 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:01:25

Description

Interview with solicitor, Graham Brown, on 6 children being allowed home as wards of court in the Cleveland child abuse scandal, where 121 cases of suspected child sexual abuse were diagnosed by Dr Marietta Higgs and Dr Geoffrey Wyatt, paediatricians at the Middlesbrough General Hospital. Reporter not identified.

Contributors

Graham Brown

Keywords

Health services; Social services; Child abuse; Trials; Children in care; Parents; Sexual abuse; Teeside; Middlesbrough; Cleveland; Marietta Higgs; Geoffrey Wyatt; Middlesbrough General Hospital; Cleveland child abuse scandal (1987)

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