Pelka Murder 'On All Our Consciences'

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has vowed the Government will do all it can to learn from Daniel Pelka's death to prevent further tragedies.

The four-year-old was subjected to a horrifying catalogue of assaults and callous abuse at the hands of his mother Magdelena Luczak and stepfather Mariusz Krezolek, who were convicted of his murder on Wednesday.

Mr Clegg said: "Clearly people must have seen something was wrong with this boy. 

Daniel's mother Magdelena Luczak and stepfather Mariusz Krezolek

"I think his death should be on all of our consciences.

"We all ask the same questions - How did this happen? What happened when teachers saw this boy scavenging in bins, when they saw him lose all that weight?

"They apparently did pass information on - why did no-one act on it? When he went to hospital and the mum and stepfather spun a web of lies, what happened to the concerns people had?

"So many teachers and people in the NHS and social work that I know have only the best interests of children at heart. It's not a lack of motive.

Mr Robinson and Daniel's father both criticised Children's Services

"But I think what people worry about is that maybe one bit of the system doesn't talk to another bit of the system and information can fall between stools."

Earlier, Luczak's mother told Sky News her daughter was "a normal girl who grew up in a normal home."

Jolanta Luczak said her daughter had called her several months before Daniel's death.

She said: "I remember she called me, she was crying, she said she had a hard life, she did not want to be with this man anymore.

Daniel runs after his mum as she picks him up from school

"I told her to come back, pack up and come back to Poland. I wanted her to make a decision and return with the children to Poland, but she told me that Daniel had no documents, no passport.

"I told her that there would be a way, to bring the child back to Poland. But then I didn't hear from her. He did not allow her contact with the family."

The MP for Coventry North West, Geoffrey Robinson, said teachers and social service staff had "badly let down" Daniel and should consider quitting their positions.

He told Sky News:  "I think there is something culturally wrong within the social services, and not just in Coventry…

"People seeing a kid beaten, starved to death, it's brutality, sadism of a Nazi kind in our own country and we are allowing it to happen. You can't just say there is nothing we can do about it." 

He said the case was "horrifyingly reminiscent" of the Baby Peter case in 2007, when Haringey child protection services failed to prevent the death of toddler Peter Connolly.

Mr Robinson has called for the immediate resignation of the city's Director of Children's Services, Colin Green - who intends to step down in September - and said those serving under him should also consider their positions.

"Where were these individuals when Daniel needed them most?" he asked. "Bureaucracy triumphed over common sense, care, and compassion. 

"Those who failed Daniel must examine their own consciences, and conclude whether it is appropriate for them to remain in their posts."

Daniel died of a head injury in March 2012 after suffering months of cruelty and violence which turned him from "a beautiful little boy to a bag of bones", according to police.

He was imprisoned in a room with the door handles removed, fed salt when he asked for a drink, deprived of food and forced to defecate in his bed.

Mr Robinson also expressed anger at Daniel's school, which failed to act upon warning signs that suggested he was being abused.

He said: "Daniel was let down," he said. "He was let down badly, by an evil stepfather, an indifferent and selfish mother, but also by the Children's Services in Coventry and by the school that he attended.

"How can the staff at his school have failed to have recognised patterns of behaviour that should have set alarm bells ringing, not only within the school but within the corridors of power within the council?

"How could anyone believe it to be normal for a child to climb on the top of furniture to get to food; to scavenge around bins to access waste; and to steal food from the lunch-boxes? 

"What human being, with the slightest understanding of children, would not have been concerned enough to take action to set alarm bells ringing?"

Daniel's biological father, who moved back to Poland when the boy was a year old, echoed Mr Robinson and questioned why "nobody reacted in time" to ask why Daniel was so hungry.

"If people in school saw that he was taking a food from bins, they should do something," he said. "Go to Magda, or to Mariusz, and ask why the child is hungry.

"They should send the police or social services to check the situation at home; check what they were doing with the child.

"As far as I know they did just nothing. Of course they failed Daniel. Nobody reacted in time. I am not saying they are guilty, but I know they made a mistake."

Luczak and Krezolek will be sentenced on Friday.

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