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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Caroline Davies

Bronson Battersby death: sister ‘does not place any blame’ on social services

Bronson Battersby
Bronson is believed to have starved after his father had a heart attack. Photograph: Facebook

The sister of Bronson Battersby, the two-year-old boy found dead alongside his father in Lincolnshire, has said police and social services “did what they could” and she does not blame them.

Speaking as Lincolnshire county council carried out a “rapid review” into the death of the toddler, Melanie Battersby said she welcomed the local authority inquiry.

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