Submitted on Wednesday 15th August 2012
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Change the Law for people who murder children
On average, in England and Wales, one baby is killed every 20 days.
On average, every week in England and Wales at least one child is killed at the hands of another person.
On average, 56 children in England and Wales are killed at the hands of another person every year.
Nearly two thirds of children killed at the hands of another person in England and Wales are aged under five years.
Infants aged under one year are more at risk of being killed at the hands of another person than any other single year age group in England and Wales.
Every ten days in England and Wales one child is killed at the hands of their parent. In almost two thirds (65% on average) of all cases of children killed at the hands of another person, the parent is the principal suspect.
***Info taken from NSPCC Website****
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