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Read this and weepDaniel Pelka death: children's services chief to retire with full pension
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/aug/01/daniel-pelka-children-services?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487<snip>
The head of children's services in the city where four-year-old Daniel Pelka was murdered after suffering starvation and torture is retiring from his £120,000-a-year job with full pension rights, it emerged on Thursday.
As calls grew to establish why nobody stepped in to save Daniel, it was also revealed that the boy's headteacher – who saw him scavenging for scraps – has not been disciplined and has been put in charge of a bigger school.
Daniel's mother, Magdelena Luczak, and stepfather, Mariusz Krezolek, will be sentenced over Daniel's murder at Birmingham crown court on Friday. They systematically denied the boy meals and tortured him when he tried to sneak food before brutally beating him to death at their Coventry home.
A serious case review is ongoing to find out why nobody intervened. Teachers spotted that something was badly wrong and the family had a string of contacts with other agencies including police, social workers and health officials.