Need to ‘record suspicious deaths’

MARIA CORBETT, policy director of Children’s Rights Alliance (CRA), said the figures raised a lot of issues.

“They’re really interesting. I’ve never seen it worked out this way,” she said. “It highlights the vulnerability of children, how often in so many ways they are victims, for all these figures are individual children.

“I’m concerned that, as a country, are we taking the necessary steps to prevent these offences? I know we can’t prevent them all.”