A police force which was repeatedly in contact with the killers of a nine-year-old boy who was assaulted, beaten and murdered in the family home did not sufficiently train officers to identify child abuse, a watchdog has found.
Alfie Steele, of Droitwich, Worcestershire, died in February 2021 after months of “indescribable” cruelty in which he suffered 50 injuries all over his body and his head was held underwater in a bath.
