A council has been criticised for its failure to investigate suspicions that two children were being abused by their father.

The public services ombudsman for Wales, Peter Tyndall, said Merthyr Tydfil council’s lack of action meant police did not look into the case. He also said that the authority did not give enough support to the children’s grandparents after they took them in.

The council said it had addressed the issues raised.

Mr Tyndall said concerns were raised that the children – called B and C in his report – were being abused by their father, who had two previous convictions for sex offences against teenage girls. However he said there were “serious shortcomings” because the council did not initiate statutory child protection procedures.

Source: BBC Family News

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