what was leiland—james doing? crying.cil say they told laura they planned to remove leiland—james. she denies this. years before, laura suffered severe domestic violence, abuse that she says social workers feared would happen again — a so—called risk of future emotional harm. she believes that is why her son was taken. what should have happened to leiland—james? he would come home. absolutely. yeah, absolutely. aisha and rebecca support women who have faced domestic abuse. they offered social workers a plan to bring leiland—james home. we did have e—mails going back and forward between us to see if we could work out a plan of support to see what we could offer. and was that negotiated, were you listened to? both: no. leiland—james' fate was already determined. cumbria county council had identified him for adoption. i was expecting him to come home. this was the last photo of mother and son together. was this during contact? that was my last contact. she would never hold leiland—james alive again. laura corkill says she re

what was leiland—james doing? crying.d—james. she denies this. years before, laura suffered severe domestic violence, abuse that she says social workers feared would happen again — a so—called risk of future emotional harm. what should have happened to leiland—james? he would come home. absolutely. yeah, absolutely. aisha and rebecca support women who have faced domestic abuse. they offered social workers a plan to bring leiland—james home. we did have e—mails going back and forth between us to see if we could work out a plan of support to see what we could offer. and was that negotiated, were you listened to? both: no. leiland—james' fate was already determined. cumbria county council had identified him for adoption. i was expecting him to come home. this was the last photo of mother and son together. was this during contact? that was my last contact. covid ended all face—to—face meetings. what do these moments mean to you? precious. she would never hold leiland—james alive again. laura corkill says she repeatedly asked

what was leiland—james doing? crying.d to remove leiland—james. she denies this. years before, laura suffered severe domestic violence, abuse that she says social workers feared would happen again — a so—called "risk of future emotional harm." she believes that is why her son was taken. what should have happened to leiland—james? he'd come home with support in place. absolutely. yeah, absolutely. aishea and rebecca support women who have faced domestic abuse. they offered social workers a plan to bring leiland—james home. we did have e—mails going back and forward between us to see if we could work out a plan of support to see what we could offer. and was that negotiated, were you listened to? no. no. leiland—james' fate was already determined. cumbria county council had identified him for adoption. yeah, i was expecting him to come home. this was the last photo of mother and son together. was this during contact? that was my last contact. she would never hold leiland—james alive again. laura corkill says she repeatedly a

what was leiland—james doing? crying.fied him for adoption. i was expecting him to come home. this was the last photo of mother and son together. was this during contact? that was my last contact. covid ended all face—to—face meetings. what do these moments mean to you? precious. she would never hold leiland—james alive again. laura corkill says she repeatedly asked for leiland—james to come back home. inside, she told me she passed several parenting assessments. and one social worker, she says, told her she could get the baby's room ready for when he came back here. cumbria county council say in april 2020, they told laura the plan was for leiland—james to be adopted. and, injuly, the family courts agreed. they told us when a child is at risk of harm, they have a duty to act. in august 2020, social workers placed leiland—james with this woman, laura castle. she would repeatedly beat him. she filmed him in distress. she bragged in messages how she had leathered him and called him the devil's spawn. ijust stood up like tha

a report into the murder of 13—month—old leiland—james corkill in cumbria calls for better communication