Man pleads guilty after dog attack on little boy (From Southend Standard)

Man pleads guilty after dog attack on little boy in Southend

3:31pm Monday 19th March 2012 in News By Melissa Hills

A DOG walker whose Rottweiler attacked a young boy as he was paddling in the sea in Southend has pleaded guilty to having a dog dangerously out of control.

Rowan Diedrick of Avenue Road, London, was walking two Rottweilers off of the lead along the beach on Friday, August 5, 2011 when one of them ran into the water, grabbed the seven-year-old across the chest and forced him under the water.

The boy's grandmother managed to pull the boy from the dog's jaws before Diedrick made off with both dogs.

The boy was left with several puncture wounds to his torso and arms and underwent three lots of surgery but has since made a good recovery.

Diedrick, a builder, was arrested after a member of the public identified him from a CCTV clip released by Essex Police.

He was arrested on Sunday, February 12, 2012 and charged with being in charge of a dog allowing it to be dangerously out of control in a public place and cause injury.

The 29-year-old pleaded guilty at Basildon Crown Court today (Monday, March 19).

Investigating officer Pc James Crabb said: "Rowan Diedrick allowed his dog to be dangerously out of control on a beach in the height of summer when there were lots of young children around.

"His irresponsible behaviour led to a young boy being trapped between the dog’s jaws and left with horrific injuries, both physical and emotional. It is almost impossible to imagine how anyone could watch a child being severely mauled before simply running away.

"The young boy was lucky not to have been even more seriously injured thanks to the intervention of his grandmother and I would like to praise them both for their bravery.

"If you are a dog owner please think carefully and responsibly about where you walk your dog and make sure it is under control at all times."

Diedrick will be sentenced at Basildon Crown Court on Monday, April 23.

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frank & monty says...
4:07pm Mon 19 Mar 12

Not only did he allow his dog to attack the child, he then walked away, probably hoping to get away with it.
Horrible, nasty scumbag.

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John T Pharro says...
4:14pm Mon 19 Mar 12

About time it was law all dogs on a lead and muzzled in public.
Wait for the usual "no such thing as a bad dog just a bad owner".
Fact is there is bad in both.

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naughtyladyofshadylane says...
4:37pm Mon 19 Mar 12

there may well be bad in both, i would agree to having all dogs on a lead, but most certainly not mine to be muzzled.

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sayitasitis999 says...
4:47pm Mon 19 Mar 12

Was this man a foreigner as he was named as Rowan Diedrick as I never saw the CCTV ? The reason I ask is that another man with first name Rowan was in 2010 in Barking court for having a Rottweiler off the lead causing problems with a woman with a child in a pram. Just wondered. ????????

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Brunning999 says...
4:59pm Mon 19 Mar 12

I am bloody lost with this and he will go inside which he deserves.

THERE IS ONE QUESTION I HAVE

IS THE BLOODY DANGEROUS DOG DEAD IF NOT WHY NOT!!!!

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naughtyladyofshadylane says...
5:26pm Mon 19 Mar 12

SAYITASITIS, CAN YOU NOT CHECK THE LOCAL PAPERS BACK? (sorry about caps lock- not intended- error ! )There could just be tme to tell the courts perhaps ,if they dont know???

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sayitasitis999 says...
5:38pm Mon 19 Mar 12

naughtyladyofshadyla
ne wrote:
SAYITASITIS, CAN YOU NOT CHECK THE LOCAL PAPERS BACK? (sorry about caps lock- not intended- error ! )There could just be tme to tell the courts perhaps ,if they dont know???

7 weeks till he gets sentenced so plenty of time .. Just waiting to find out. CCTV youtube has been removed.

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Seasider90 says...
6:23pm Mon 19 Mar 12

My son and his friend were nearly set upon by an alsation on Shoebury East beach. Only my intervention and near fisticufts with the dog owner stopped it. Not only is the place full of dogs mess (do the people of Southend and Shoebury actually know what a poop a scoop is or are they just ignorantly lazy? If you disagree with me go down there and see the mess for yourselves. Scumbags with multiple dogs letting them poo everywhere. Parents DO NOT take your kids there - it is a health hazard. Now this fella knew what his dogs had done and run away - he should get the maximum sentence and his dogs destroyed. There should be no dogs allowed on beaches - and before the dog brigade start I've had dogs most of my life but FEW dog owners pick up their mess and fewer still keep them under control.

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naughtyladyofshadylane says...
7:03pm Mon 19 Mar 12

I dont need to take mine to the beach either, and this was in the time when they should not have been allowed on !! re the people in shoebury, I would guess ignorant and lazy yes, bet we get banned for this !!

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J-Monroe says...
10:48am Tue 20 Mar 12

I blogged this this morning:

http://oursouthend.c
om/2012/03/20/smug-m
ugs-and-thumping-new
s-stands/

Bloody livid!

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naughtyladyofshadylane says...
11:44am Tue 20 Mar 12

thanks ,jus read it, yes disgusting, I like the term smug mug, says it all.

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J-Monroe says...
11:53am Tue 20 Mar 12

I was disgusted. Both with him for such pose and the Echo for being insensitive enough to publish it!

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John the resonator says...
2:30pm Tue 20 Mar 12

Couldn't agree more with J-Monroe. How many brain cells does he have thinking it is OK to smile and do a thumbs up for the camera in these circumstances? Hope the judge is aware of the Echo article. Judges are supposed to take into account a defendent's demeanor and attitude towards the offence.

The paper says he is the sole carer of his child so I predict a plea for mitigation.

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naughtyladyofshadylane says...
4:51pm Tue 20 Mar 12

Oh i just saw the paper in sainsbury's, got to wait 'til my man comes home with ours to read it, sole carer of child, yeah, so who had said child last summer when he was in southend ? I want the judge to not only be aware of echo article but to delve to se if he was Rowan in Barking in 2010!!!! I think the Echo had to publish it, we do need to see this, and perhaps the other side will have that against him, or can nothing be done now, does he just go to hear his sentence?

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naughtyladyofshadylane says...
4:53pm Tue 20 Mar 12

just re read the Echo bit above, Avenue Rd, London, London is a big place, Where exactly does he live??

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John the resonator says...
5:20pm Tue 20 Mar 12

Actually naughtyladyofshadyla
ne, with respect clearly there is an interest in whether he is the same person from the 2010 story in Barking but the law does not work that way. It will not make any difference now if he is that person because the court process on this Southend attack is concluded, he pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentence. The court cannot tack another offence on now.

In any case prolific criminals often get away quite lightly by disclosing numerous other offences at an early stage in court. How many times have we heard of burglars or twoc offenders being sentenced with, for example '30 similar offences taken into account?'

Now we are where we are it will actually be tougher for this person if another offence comes to light because he will then be tried and sentenced on that one as a separate matter.

I am sure his solicitor will make something of his sole carer status but of course that does beg the question of who is looking after his child when he is working a builder's hours? Let's hope the judge is not taken in.

This 'man' as the headline erroneously calls him is a disgrace.

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John the resonator says...
5:32pm Tue 20 Mar 12

Momentarily lighter moment naughtyladyofshadyla

ne. You wrote:

'til my man comes home

So, really poor old Last poster never really had a chance after all.

Awwwwwwwwww!!

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naughtyladyofshadylane says...
5:45pm Tue 20 Mar 12

1, oh dear, who did he have at home though? 2, John i think you are not up to scratch on the Barking episode, i heard it was at Barking Court , if you cannot find it i will look into that for you later, so if it was he has been tried already! Ah so he is working is he, well that will be in his favour! But also bigger fine can be extracted cos he will be able to afford it !! looked it up for you, twas sayitasitis 4: 47 Mon .3, John did you know I was b****d for a day or so?

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The Cater Wood Creeper says...
6:01pm Tue 20 Mar 12

naughtyladyofshadyla
ne wrote:
just re read the Echo bit above, Avenue Rd, London, London is a big place, Where exactly does he live??

according to google maps (it's on the internet so it must be tree....)

there's an Avenue Road in Enfield, Bromley, Merton, Ealing and Newhan.

Hate to be the postie on that road.....

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John the resonator says...
6:13pm Tue 20 Mar 12

naughtyladyofshadyla
ne wrote:
1, oh dear, who did he have at home though? 2, John i think you are not up to scratch on the Barking episode, i heard it was at Barking Court , if you cannot find it i will look into that for you later, so if it was he has been tried already! Ah so he is working is he, well that will be in his favour! But also bigger fine can be extracted cos he will be able to afford it !! looked it up for you, twas sayitasitis 4: 47 Mon .3, John did you know I was b****d for a day or so?

OK, see what you mean, I thought people meant the other offence had not been dealt with but it looks like it perhaps was.

No idea what you were for a day or so, clearly the censor did not like your language. Sometimes if the middle of the word is a profanity it blanks those letters out. I thought I was the one who pushes his luck on how much I can get away with writing.

On J-Monroe's site 'oursouthend' she mentions above one of the posters has managed to find some Youtube of this person. Don't think I will bother to view it.

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EstuaryView says...
7:21pm Tue 20 Mar 12

Is this the same person?

http://www.tagged.co
m/profile.html?uid=5
419053835

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naughtyladyofshadylane says...
7:22pm Tue 20 Mar 12

john the asterisks were mine !!!!!!!!!! think of all the words you can with that amount of letters !! I dare not say it or it could happen to me again !!!! sayitasitis mentioned something being no longer on youtube!! caterwood creeper was one of your words meant to be true? not tree? Echo said its North London now so that narrows it down a bit to, erm.... Enfield only I should say, was your last one meant to be Newham ?

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naughtyladyofshadylane says...
9:18pm Tue 20 Mar 12

Estuary view, I viewed wished i hadn't Yeah bet it is !!

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John the resonator says...
9:13am Wed 21 Mar 12

naughtyladyofshadyla
ne wrote:
Estuary view, I viewed wished i hadn't Yeah bet it is !!

Yes I had a look against my better judgement.

Doesn't exactly write on a wide range of subjects does he?

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naughtyladyofshadylane says...
9:43am Wed 21 Mar 12

on a large subject! or so he reckons ! john can you not check up the local papers or courts for Barking. do you know how. I did ask a pol man but he cannot do it!! p s I was in a band for a day or so, if you get me, don't print it, !

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Not-another-sheep says...
1:51pm Wed 21 Mar 12

I find it strange that they put this man on the front page of Tuesday's paper when my friends rapist was also sentenced that day but her story was on page five below his ...I think some people really don't have a clue how the legal system works either because if it was the same rowan from barking court then that would be down on his record which I have subsequently found out it isn't so that clears up that matter ...now for the matter at hand there is always two sides to a story and we have not heard his side throughout...my uncle has a rottweiler and if that dog attacked me or my child I don't think I would be able to stop it and I'm a 22 year old woman so I don't think for a second that a elderly woman would be able to prevent such an attack he obviously stopped the dog from attacking the child ...if u think what am saying is not right refer back to where that poor child was killed by a rottweiler somewhere up north and the granny couldnt do nothing to help and according to her statement she hit the dog with a large blunt object and it still didn't stop the dog from killing the child ...don't be a sheep all of your life

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John the resonator says...
2:18pm Wed 21 Mar 12

naughtyladyofshadyla
ne wrote:
on a large subject! or so he reckons ! john can you not check up the local papers or courts for Barking. do you know how. I did ask a pol man but he cannot do it!! p s I was in a band for a day or so, if you get me, don't print it, !

..... in a band ...... what's that about then?

Or do you mean banned?

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John the resonator says...
2:25pm Wed 21 Mar 12

Not-another-sheep wrote:
I find it strange that they put this man on the front page of Tuesday's paper when my friends rapist was also sentenced that day but her story was on page five below his ...I think some people really don't have a clue how the legal system works either because if it was the same rowan from barking court then that would be down on his record which I have subsequently found out it isn't so that clears up that matter ...now for the matter at hand there is always two sides to a story and we have not heard his side throughout...my uncle has a rottweiler and if that dog attacked me or my child I don't think I would be able to stop it and I'm a 22 year old woman so I don't think for a second that a elderly woman would be able to prevent such an attack he obviously stopped the dog from attacking the child ...if u think what am saying is not right refer back to where that poor child was killed by a rottweiler somewhere up north and the granny couldnt do nothing to help and according to her statement she hit the dog with a large blunt object and it still didn't stop the dog from killing the child ...don't be a sheep all of your life

What's all this about sheep? I agree that it was wrong for a rapist to be on page five.

As for this person getting the dog to stop attacking the child, maybe he did. In that case he would have been in an even better position to see the child was badly injured.

Instead of staying we had the spectacle of him caught on CCTV legging it across the road at speed. And he did not hand himself in when the publicity heated up, it took someone that knew who he was to report him.

Assuming the Youtube stuff is him, all that rapping and bragging about his sexual exploits still doesn't make him a man.

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Not-another-sheep says...
3:07pm Wed 21 Mar 12

He's a rapper too ?

I think in situations like this the only person who can judge him on the full ins and outs of the case is the sentencing judge .

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Not-another-sheep says...
3:29pm Wed 21 Mar 12

The maximum sentence for this offence is two years imprisonment but one third of for a guilty plea with mitigating circumstances taken in to account he could receive anything from a high end community order to a low term prison sentence so if we say somewhere in-between that then he will probably get a six month suspended sentence with conditions attached

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naughtyladyofshadylane says...
4:01pm Wed 21 Mar 12

well, i agree with you sheep, but only in your last post though ! Previous post, sentencing judges they should be shot, sorry if this gets me in trouble ,but they dont live on the same planet, give me their job, and a lot of other people i know we could set deterrents and precedences !!!!!!!!!!! Sorry about your friend, I cannot recall reading it at all! on reflection, methinks you do seem to be giving our old mate here the benefit of the doubt? Oh John, what did I say ????????? yes I am or was for that day or two" musical" !!!!!!

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Knobynigel says...
12:52pm Thu 22 Mar 12

This Scumbag isn't the soul carer of a child. He has two children, one lives in Italy with
Mother, the other doesn't want to know him. And if he has another child, his mums a proffeshional childminder & he has three sisters. Where was this child when he was on Southend beach?

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naughtyladyofshadylane says...
2:59pm Thu 22 Mar 12

I already asked that last question in an earlier post, oh I wish there was something that could be done to expose this man!

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Knobynigel says...
1:38pm Fri 23 Mar 12

I have emailed the CPS in Essex. I certainly want justice for the little boy who was attacked.
Fingers crossed the scumbag goes down for at least 2 years.

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Illinois10 says...
6:05am Sat 24 Mar 12

What this man did and didn't do is unforgivable. But when I read on the front page that he "allowed" his dog to attack is totally unacceptable. He didn't allow the dog, as this implies he gave the dog permission to attack the boy, he didn't prevent it from happening. Also what made me angry, did anyone else see the picture of the rottweiler the echo used?? I bet they searched fir hours to find the most aggressive looking one and to add the caption: " rottweiler, a breed feared for its aggression ". What a sensible way to make the public scared of the breed. As for the owner, I hope that the council also fine him for having 2 dogs off lead in a designated place and for having them on the beach during the banned months. If they don't, then what is the point of those tiny little signs and it will mean that some people will most likely ignore them as they aren't working.

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Matthew of Basildon says...
3:35pm Sat 24 Mar 12

Dogs should be kept on a leash (Both for others protection and for their own eg: traffic) but kept un-muzzled (Unless it has a history of being violent)

I still believe owners should be thoroughly checked by an un-biassed party before they're allowed to take care of an animal...

Sincere condolences to the child and the family at this traumatic time. Unfortunately they happened to meet scumo'da'earth that day.

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naughtyladyofshadylane says...
4:02pm Sat 24 Mar 12

knobynigel, thats great!! Yes fingers crossed. Agree with you Matthew, about owners being checked, I think the same should apply before anyone being allowed to have a child!!! Now what do you think about the PC's being attacked too, terrible isn't it ? Illinois 10, at first I thought you were siding with him! yes he defied a lot didn't he? but these dogs along with others are dangerous breeds. I hear the one that atacked the policemen, was a rottie/pit bull or some such cross, and apparently that is an illegal breed??

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John the resonator says...
4:26pm Sat 24 Mar 12

Agree with you Matthew, about owners being checked, I think the same should apply before anyone being allowed to have a child!!!

....... OK that old chestnut again. Who do you think should set the tests to decide who is 'allowed' to have children? Will we all agree with the criteria they set? What would you recommend if prospective parents failed to meet the test criteria, compulsory sterilisation? Would there be a danger people would not take the test and have their children secretly without any pre- or ante-natal care? What about the famous or successful people who come from dysfunctional families and would not have been born?

Efforts to manipulate the gene pool carry a terrible lesson from history.

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Illinois10 says...
4:59pm Sat 24 Mar 12

Matthew of Basildon wrote:
Dogs should be kept on a leash (Both for others protection and for their own eg: traffic) but kept un-muzzled (Unless it has a history of being violent)

I still believe owners should be thoroughly checked by an un-biassed party before they're allowed to take care of an animal...

Sincere condolences to the child and the family at this traumatic time. Unfortunately they happened to meet scumo'da'earth that day.

I don't agree with the first part of your comment about dogs being kept on a leash. That will solve nothing, if anything create more problems. Dogs do need to be off lead for social and physical reasons, as without either of these happening dogs have the potential to become more aggressive as the owner/s won't let them meet other dogs or will not understand the importance of it. As for the physical side, dogs with high energy levels such as spaniels, terriers, Labradors need to burn off excess energy to stop them from finding other ways to release it such as chewing home furniture, constant barking, digging the garden, all of which if not dealt with will result on an increase in dog abandonment. Owners "must" take full responsibility for their dogs, not just exercise but training of them and socialising. Dogs are not a status symbol, neither are they solitary animals, they, like us are pack run in order to feel happy and safe. I wonder how many owners know the dog law and actually follow and care about it.

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naughtyladyofshadylane says...
11:00pm Sun 25 Mar 12

john i know of someone who has longed for a child for years, she failed to conceive, spent loads on IVF , has now been allowed to adopt, a delightful little boy, taken away from his violent mother, who went on to have another who is in the care of the same foster mother who has just "given up his brother for adoption",the birth mother already had two or three children.These are in care! Now isn't that a case of someone who should not have been allowed further children????? Old chestnut, Pah!! is the politest I must be !!

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John the resonator says...
12:17am Mon 26 Mar 12

naughtyladyofshadyla
ne wrote:
john i know of someone who has longed for a child for years, she failed to conceive, spent loads on IVF , has now been allowed to adopt, a delightful little boy, taken away from his violent mother, who went on to have another who is in the care of the same foster mother who has just "given up his brother for adoption",the birth mother already had two or three children.These are in care! Now isn't that a case of someone who should not have been allowed further children????? Old chestnut, Pah!! is the politest I must be !!

I have been involved in many situations such as you describe. Stopping someone by sterilisation, which I suppose is what you are suggesting is too drastic and unjust.

Social services and other agencies have to look at each new pregnancy on its merits. Sometimes people can change for the better. This can happen in many ways. Sometimes the parent's own family gets the message and rallies around and provides support or shares the care of a child. Sometimes a parent who might have appeared a 'no hoper' gets the message and successfully completes a parenting course or gets on a programme to do with drink, drugs, anger etc. Sometimes the mother's partner might be the problem and she might get shot of him, get an injunction etc. Sometimes the parents might agree that the child is fostered at first to allow their coping skills to be tested.

And sometimes none of this happens, it is hopeless. So the parent either agrees to let the child go into care or the local authority places all it's evidence before the court, gets an order and the child is fostered and then adopted.

You said your friend had a delightful little boy. Had the mother been sterilised that boy would not have been born and your friend would not have been able to adopt him. The same would apply to adopters taking on any other children that mother might have.

It is extremely easy to suggest a very simple solution but I can assure you that intervention in difficult cases such as this cannot be summed up in just three letters (pah) as you suggest.

[quote][p][bold]naughtyladyofshadyla ne[/bold] wrote: john i know of someone who has longed for a child for years, she failed to conceive, spent loads on IVF , has now been allowed to adopt, a delightful little boy, taken away from his violent mother, who went on to have another who is in the care of the same foster mother who has just "given up his brother for adoption",the birth mother already had two or three children.These are in care! Now isn't that a case of someone who should not have been allowed further children????? Old chestnut, Pah!! is the politest I must be !![/p][/quote]I have been involved in many situations such as you describe. Stopping someone by sterilisation, which I suppose is what you are suggesting is too drastic and unjust. Social services and other agencies have to look at each new pregnancy on its merits. Sometimes people can change for the better. This can happen in many ways. Sometimes the parent's own family gets the message and rallies around and provides support or shares the care of a child. Sometimes a parent who might have appeared a 'no hoper' gets the message and successfully completes a parenting course or gets on a programme to do with drink, drugs, anger etc. Sometimes the mother's partner might be the problem and she might get shot of him, get an injunction etc. Sometimes the parents might agree that the child is fostered at first to allow their coping skills to be tested. And sometimes none of this happens, it is hopeless. So the parent either agrees to let the child go into care or the local authority places all it's evidence before the court, gets an order and the child is fostered and then adopted. You said your friend had a delightful little boy. Had the mother been sterilised that boy would not have been born and your friend would not have been able to adopt him. The same would apply to adopters taking on any other children that mother might have. It is extremely easy to suggest a very simple solution but I can assure you that intervention in difficult cases such as this cannot be summed up in just three letters (pah) as you suggest. John the resonator

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naughtyladyofshadylane says...
9:45am Mon 26 Mar 12

pah was my polite word to what you said,about the old chestnut! i dont want to be taken off the site again! It was my friend's daughter actually, and she hopefully is to be allowed to adopt the other baby that is with the foster mother for the time being. you said sometimes, so many times, yes, in this case it never happened, this person, the nicest term I am allowed, had some 4 or 5 children, she did not improve ! She got worse, she took an iron apparently to the second youngest, adopted only this month he is now about 15 / 16 months old.

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John the resonator says...
10:21am Mon 26 Mar 12

Well good luck to your friend's daughter, it is often the best solution for a new sibling to go to the same adopters. That means they stay together and it is better for the children than growing up adopted and knowing (or not knowing in some rare cases nowadays) that you have a brother or sister out there.

Believe it or not sometimes people can be allowed to keep the last child after 5 or 6 because they have finally corrected whatever was wrong.

It is all about making sure the other children are either closely monitored or taken away at an early stage (sometimes at birth) if they cannot be safe at home.

As I wrote in a previous debate these things are never simple.

I would strongly advise you against saying anything specific about your friend's case. This is all confidential and there is also a risk of birth families tracing people via the internet.

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naughtyladyofshadylane says...
11:00am Mon 26 Mar 12

Point taken, but all involved know each other as contact has to be maintained apparently?

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Illinois10 says...
11:00am Mon 26 Mar 12

I think people have deviated from the article about the owner with the rottweilers to talking about children and how to adopt or whatever.

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John the resonator says...
11:53am Mon 26 Mar 12

Illinois10 wrote:
I think people have deviated from the article about the owner with the rottweilers to talking about children and how to adopt or whatever.

True. Tends to happen after a while but I consider myself ticked off.

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naughtyladyofshadylane says...
2:58pm Mon 26 Mar 12

you will get this! had you tuned in a week or so back, you could have found ourself at a wedding eh john???!!!, no harm done Illinois, we try to be friendly !!! And it does not look as though anyone else has anything to say on the matter to hand so why not????

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