BRITISH prime minister Gordon Brown voiced outrage yesterday at the brutal abuse of a baby boy and a local authority’s failure to spot his fatal ordeal, as the case escalated into a political row.

A 17-MONTH-OLD boy, who was seen by social services 60 times in eight months, died after repeatedly being used “as a punchbag” and having his back broken.

Lessons must be learned if the Dunne family tragedy is not to be repeated, writes Conor Ryan

GRUESOME details of murders committed by British women in the early 20th century were made available to the public yesterday.

A child protection conference in Ireland was today examining the implications of an inquiry team’s report into the death of Victoria Climbie.

A 23-year-old man questioned by police over the gangland killings of a seven-year-old girl and her father has been freed on police bail.

VICTORIA CLIMBIE died a miserable and lonely death from hypothermia after being kept naked and bound in a freezing bathroom.

CHILD abuse victim Victoria Climbie died of hypothermia after being kept naked and bound in a freezing bathroom, an inquiry into her death established.