The suspended staff were instructed not to enter Bridgeview or any other establishment where children are present. Some described it as a form of house arrest.
Two years later, the magazine reports that all the police and social services have to show for repeated enquiries is one failed prosecution and a single disciplinary charge. A care worker was acquitted in court of a charge of common assault. A teacher was reprimanded for getting boys out of a shower by turning on the cold tap.
The theme of the article is that talk of the interests of the child coming first isn't proving an easy way out. You shouldn't throw accusations around without proof, it concludes, "suspects are innocent until proved guilty beyond reasonable doubt".
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