The case of Amber Peat

I can understand why he didn't go.

He admits that he might not have been able to keep his temper - who can blame him for feeling angry - and stayed away.

I understand that too, but I think her real dad should have went and the stepfather stayed away.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/cops-hunting-amber-peat-took-6477404

I hadn't heard before that Amber had (if true) "an extensive history as a missing person".

One wonders just what social services are fit for,from failings of young Baby P,to this young lady, they are not isolated cases neither.

Freedom wrote:http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/cops-hunting-amber-peat-took-6477404

I hadn't heard before that Amber had (if true) "an extensive history as a missing person".  

Again, (just like the motorway couple) police have not followed up on a witness saying he saw Amber going into the bushes 20 mins after she walked out of home. Maybe she could have been saved if police had looked there promptly.

I know someone who is now thankfully retired as a social worker. There was such pressure of work - so many people needing help, so little resources - that the job became intolerable and drove her nearly to destruction.

I am sure that, in most cases, social workers are not incompetent and lazy but are unable to deal with their workload.

As regards the "bushes" man, he didn't think anything of it at the time - no blame suggested towards him - and poor Amber was long gone before he realised the significance.

It's taken a long time for the inquest to be held.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/schoolgirl-found-dead-in-bushes-after-storming-out-from-family-argument-inquest-hears/ar-BBSRAJ8?li=BBoPWjQ&ocid=mailsignout