Schedule of Findings Made
At the time protective measures were taken, namely on 7th June 2021, the children R and S were suffering and were at risk of suffering significant harm. The harm and risk of harm was attributable to the care that they were receiving and likely to receive from their parents, such care not being what it would be reasonable to expect a parent to give to them. Specifically, R has suffered significant sexual, physical and emotional harm and S was at risk of sexual harm with the consequence that their social, emotional, behavioural and physical development has been impaired. PARTICULARS IN SUPPORT 1. R was subjected to sexually inappropriate activity initiated by her older brother, T, who was also a minor at the time. 2. The following inappropriate sexual activity took place: i. When R was 9 years old, 12-year-old T shared a meme or images from his computer of sexual activity between adults to R.ii. On or about Summer 2013, the parents had left R and T home alone whilst they went shopping, during this time T suggested to R that they should both have a shower, they removed their clothes and sat in the bath. T was sat behind R and he moved his erect penis under Rs vagina and “butt”. iii. On one occasion T licked and kissed R to the ear and mouth. iv. On one occasion T removed R’s mobile phone from her possession and asked her to talk about “dirty things”, R would talk about masturbation, oral sex and anal sex and her phone was then returned to her. v. T flashed his penis to R on two or three occasions whilst they lived in Country A. vi. When the family travelled to Pakistan when R was 12, T played “fashion games” on one occasion he dressed R by placing a top over her and tucked it into her shalwaar (baggy bottoms) and whilst doing this he slid his hand under her clothes and touched her inappropriately by stroking her vagina and “butt” area. vii. During the visit to Pakistan, T and R shared a bed, when T removed his pyjamas and placed R’s hand on his penis. viii. Whilst in Pakistan T would peer through the blinds (“lines”) of the bathroom door when R was using the bathroom on two occasions which made R feel uncomfortable. ix. As a consequence of i to viii above R has suffered significant harm in the form of sexual and emotional harm due to the inappropriate sexual activity initiated by T.x. As a consequence of the inappropriate sexual activity R’s mental health has suffered and she has ideas of self harm due to the sexual abuse that she has suffered. 3. On or about 2020 R informed her mother of the sexual abuse, her mother failed to be supportive and, after R had confronted T about the abuse, called R “crazy” and that she would destroy the family. 4. The father has made general remarks about R bringing shame on the family and stated that people that are shamed are found dead in lakes. 5. As a consequence of 3 and 4 above the mother and father failed to support R and have been unsupportive thereby impacting on her emotional wellbeing. 6. Once the parents were aware of the sexual abuse they failed to act appropriately and protect S from his older brother, who is a child with a number of additional needs and is a non-vocal child due to his autism and therefore a vulnerable child.