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ABUSE OF TRUST IBD

MARK D'ARCY / MARK D?ARCY / PAUL GOSLING
CANBURY PRESS
08 / 2016
9780993040788
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Frank Beck sexually and physically abused more than 200 looked after children while working as a residential care home manager for Leicestershire County Council. This bookáshowsáhow he got away with it by gulling social workers and council managers.áIt is a new edition of a paperback originally published in 1998, with an additional new chapter on Greville Janner MP.áJanner, a lawyer, backbencher and influential figure in Labour,áavoided prosecution for his involvement in the Leicestershire care scandal, despite being named as an abuser during the criminal case against Beck.In an epilogue to this new, enlarged edition of this acclaimed book on the scandal, Paul Gosling deals with JannerâÇÖs dominance of the local Labour Party, his influence within the wider parliamentary party and the failed police investigations into him.Detectives carrying out the latest investigation into Janner are working on the theory that he abused children with Beck.Abuse of Trust, first published in 1998,áhas long been viewed by social work professionals as an important audit of this case.Gosling and the BBC journalist Mark DâÇÖArcy, his co-author, investigate how Beck and his cronies came to rampage through childrenâÇÖs homes in Leicestershire for more than a decade.áDespite complaints from children, they continued their reign of terror for 13 years, aided by - at best - incompetence at Leicestershire County Council, Leicestershire Police, and the Crown Prosecution Service.Hundreds of children in the care of the local authority were damaged, and some tragically died.One is suspected, now, of being murdered.At the time Beck was brought to justice for the scandal, allegations that the local MP Greville Janner was also involved were roundly dismissed in the House of Commons, where Janner was supported by his fellow Leicestershire MPs.áReviewsToday when the pendulum seems to swinging again to start disbelieving claims by survivors that they were sexually abused the republication of a book examining one of the first major child sex scandals is a timely reminder of what victims faced in the 1970s and 1980s.Abuse of Trust looks at the case of the long dead Frank Beck, a charismatic social worker who got away with abusing possibly up to 200 children for two decades before finally being caught and convicted.It is particularly relevant as Alexis JayâÇÖs child sex abuse inquiry is planning to resurrect the dire situation in Leicestershire social services at the time with an examination of the role of the then local MP, Greville Janner, who was facing multiple charges of child sexual abuse at the time of his death last year.The book written by two diligent journalists, Mark DâÇÖArcy, a BBC Parliament correspondent and Paul Gosling, an ex Leicester councillor and an experienced freelance journalist...I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to remind themselves about the sheer nastiness, brutality and cover ups that seem to dog this area.- David Hencke, investigative journali

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