The witchhunt that followed the death of Baby Peter destroyed many people’s careers, undermined the morale of more than one profession and dramatically raised the referral rates for children into care.
The fickle finger of public opinion points in different directions to apportion blame. After the terrible murders in Soham by Ian Huntley, public opinion called for a much tougher system of vetting people who might work with children.
All political parties enthusiastically supported the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act and a new vetting and barring regime was established, which, had it fully started operating, would have vetted 11.3 million adults for suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults.
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