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Anthony France

Mother of murdered boy, 15, says her pleas for help were ignored before London machete attack

The mother of a 15-year-old machete murder victim accuses social services of failing to help get her son away from drug dealers who groomed him.

Joelle Taylor claims Greenwich Council refused to accept that Daejaun Campbell met their threshold for assistance until it was too late and failed to provide support for his family.

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