Following the two-week trial, where the jury was not told the real identity of the pair, Haringey Council's new leader Claire Kober apologised.
Speaking after the verdict, Kober said: "The findings of the Baby P serious case review show clearly there were failings, not only in the way the cases were handled by the council and the other agencies involved in child protection, but also in the inadequate way that they were examined by the local safeguarding children board last year.
"There were opportunities to intervene to help the children in this family, which should have been taken. There were failures of judgement, professional practice, management and supervision as well as record-keeping and the sharing of information.
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