In May 2008 Khyra Ishaq, a seven year old girl had died suffering starvation and abuse at the home of her mother Angela Gordon and her partner Abuhamza the step father of Khyra.
All six brothers and sisters of Khyra had suffered horrific abuse at the hands of their mother Angela Gordon and her partner Abuhamza.
The five surviving siblings of Khyra Ishaq are suing their local council for failing to protect them and save their sister's life.
The brothers and sisters have filed a claim against Birmingham City Council because the council was already told about their plight four months before she died.
Gordon and Abuhamza admitted manslaughter of Khyra. The pair also admitted five counts of child cruelty at Birmingham Crown Court in March 2010.
Khyra weighed just 2st 9lb, had 60 external injuries and lay dying with pneumonia and meningitis for two days while her mother was downstairs eating a takeaway with her partner.
Two of the siblings almost died in the hospital because of the re-feeding syndrome a phenomenon which was first seen in the Nazi concentration camps where the shock of eating food causes the body to shutdown.
Khyra and the other children were all starved and subjected to horrific punishment regime and a five month detention, involving beatings with a cane.
If the children were caught taking food the evil pair made them stand outside in the cold and forced them to over eat until they threw up as part of a chilling punishment regime.
Following the appalling abuse Khyra was reduced to scavenging bread from a neighbour’s bird table and lost 40 per cent of her body weight.
Litigation solicitors acting for the five surviving children, who cannot be named for legal reasons, have filed a ‘substantial’ claim against the city for allegedly breaching duty of care to them.
The allegations made in the claim letter were that Khyra’s death could have been prevented if the council had taken all of the children into care if they had acted in time when teachers first raised the alarm. It appeared that the teachers of the children had done everything in their power to assist the children but their efforts were ignored by the social services department.
The children’s biological father Ishaq Abuzaire is also pursuing proceedings on behalf of himself for the psychological injuries he has suffered since Khyra’s death and the abuse of the surviving children.
Tony Hall, a partner at Birmingham-based legal aid firm confirmed that Ishaq and the children were granted legal aid to pursue the substantial claims against the city.
A spokesman for Birmingham City Council confirmed that the council had received a letter of claim in this case.
All six brothers and sisters of Khyra had suffered horrific abuse at the hands of their mother Angela Gordon and her partner Abuhamza.
The five surviving siblings of Khyra Ishaq are suing their local council for failing to protect them and save their sister's life.
The brothers and sisters have filed a claim against Birmingham City Council because the council was already told about their plight four months before she died.
Gordon and Abuhamza admitted manslaughter of Khyra. The pair also admitted five counts of child cruelty at Birmingham Crown Court in March 2010.
Khyra weighed just 2st 9lb, had 60 external injuries and lay dying with pneumonia and meningitis for two days while her mother was downstairs eating a takeaway with her partner.
Two of the siblings almost died in the hospital because of the re-feeding syndrome a phenomenon which was first seen in the Nazi concentration camps where the shock of eating food causes the body to shutdown.
Khyra and the other children were all starved and subjected to horrific punishment regime and a five month detention, involving beatings with a cane.
If the children were caught taking food the evil pair made them stand outside in the cold and forced them to over eat until they threw up as part of a chilling punishment regime.
Following the appalling abuse Khyra was reduced to scavenging bread from a neighbour’s bird table and lost 40 per cent of her body weight.
Litigation solicitors acting for the five surviving children, who cannot be named for legal reasons, have filed a ‘substantial’ claim against the city for allegedly breaching duty of care to them.
The allegations made in the claim letter were that Khyra’s death could have been prevented if the council had taken all of the children into care if they had acted in time when teachers first raised the alarm. It appeared that the teachers of the children had done everything in their power to assist the children but their efforts were ignored by the social services department.
The children’s biological father Ishaq Abuzaire is also pursuing proceedings on behalf of himself for the psychological injuries he has suffered since Khyra’s death and the abuse of the surviving children.
Tony Hall, a partner at Birmingham-based legal aid firm confirmed that Ishaq and the children were granted legal aid to pursue the substantial claims against the city.
A spokesman for Birmingham City Council confirmed that the council had received a letter of claim in this case.
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