A damning report has laid bare the "breathtaking" and "lamentable" failings that allowed eight-year-old Victoria Climbie to be tortured to death under the noses of police, social workers and doctors.

The parents of tragic Victoria Climbie today welcomed plans to make the killers of their child give evidence at the inquiry into her death. Marie Therese Kouao, 44, and her boyfriend Carl Manning ...

The parents of Victoria Climbie, a six-year-old girl horrifically murdered decades ago have forgiven the perpetrator, who is set to be released in the next few weeks. 25 years ago in February ...

Starved, beaten, and tied up for months, Victoria Climbié ultimately died from 128 separate injuries inflicted by her guardians, Marie-Thérèse Kouao and Carl Manning, on February 25 ...

(Picture: PA) When Victoria Climbie was seen by doctors and nurses in the multiple hospital trips she endured in her short life, she was sweet, bubbly and lively. But as soon as her guardians ...

Eight-year-old Victoria Climbié died in February 2000, after months of being starved, beaten, burnt and tied up by her great-aunt and guardian, who thought the little girl was possessed by evil ...