Lola Patricia James was born in Wales on September 30th 2017 to parents Chen James and Daniel Thomas she had an older sister born in March of 2014 and a baby sister born in May of 2019 Lola’s maternal grandmother Nicola James said the toddler had big sparkly eyes and soft blonde curls and that she gave the best hugs she had an open smile and sometimes wore her hair in short pigtails tied with a bow the she was shy around strangers her family said she was feisty outgoing and bolds Nicola called Lola her Cheeky Monkey who grew into a
Charming Smiley bubbly mischievous little girl her grandmother recounts at a time that captures The Cheeky side of Lola’s personality she had asked to paint her figure nails and was told no but that didn’t stop the determined toddler a few minutes later there was a bright red nail polish on her feet ankles all over her hands it was everywhere though it was likely a bit of work to clean it all up Nicola says she smiles when she remembers how independent Lola could be Lola Lov dancing singing and playing with her dollhouse she and her
big sister sometimes stayed up late pretending to be the princesses and Frozen she loved the movie who Frain Roger Rabbit and her favorite snack was Monster Munch corn chips her father Daniel said even as a toddler she loved the outdoors and everything there the birds bees and butterflies she love eating homegrown strawberries and apples from her grandmother’s garden and going on butterfly hunts her grandmother said she was happi as when she was caked in mud getting into her shorts and Wellies her father described her as bright as
the Golden Sun she was beautiful charming and cheeky her laugh would fill the room with pure joy chenade and Daniel’s relationship was over not long after it started he was described as a loving and attentive parent to Lola from a distance but he wasn’t involved in Chen’s life after Lola was born chenade her daughters and the family dog lived in a single family home in haford West a small town in the southwest of Wales visitors to her home described it as sometimes messy and smelly with diapers and clothes all over the place pictures
of the bedroom that the girls shared showed cheerful wallpaper and pink curtains but also a mess of clothes and toys strewn everywhere with an empty soda can and old popsicle sticks among the Clutter after Daniel chenade got into a another relationship but he was a violent man and it did not end well a DV incident occurred in her home and he was reported and chenade stopped seeing him now much like a report of DV in the United States might trigger a CPS investigation in Wales the local branch of the National Health Services was
notified the high dah Health Board submitted a multi- agency referral in an effort to get mental health and other services to chenade and her girls the agency didn’t release her prior records but did say the local Authority had significant involvement with the family over the years in January 2020 Health visitor Leslie Stedman met with her at her home and discussed her situation now Health visitors do some of the work that a case worker might do in the states Leslie’s job was to evaluate the cleanliness and safety of her home
write a report and refer for services Chen identified herself as a victim of DV so Leslie offered her education on e and its related dangers including the risk it posed to Children the next month on February 10th Leslie stopped by the house for another face-to-face visit with chenade and the children with at this time were 5 years 2 years and 8 months old she noted the house was cluttered dirty and smelled damp she was concerned that chenade couldn’t keep up with the housekeeping she said Lola looked like she needed a bath and her
feet were dirty now like many 2-year-olds Lola was a handful and her mother was struggling to care for her evidence of this struggle can be found in her text history in one chenade described Lola as a terror she said she don’t sit still she beats me up she had enrolled Lola in a program at flying start to help with her behavior in a later text chenade said Lola was doing my head in and threatened that if Lola didn’t start behaving she’d throw her out the window Chen told Leslie about the stress Lola was causing
she said there was something wrong with the girl because she was very demanding she thought Lola might have ADHD Leslie offered parental support from a nurse along with speech therapy for the toddler but chenade refused the help again Leslie went over the tips for recognizing a person who might commit DV and she told chenade not to invite adults into the family home if she didn’t know them well or if they used alcohol or drugs Chen did not mention any new romantic Partners though it is possible she had already met her next
boyfriend he was exactly the kind of person Leslie was warning her about later that same day chenade visited her general practitioner Dr annalene holiday she told the doctor that watching Lola was exhausting she said the toddler stayed up until 2: a.m. every night and would throw her food back at her she also complained of the flashbacks from the DV which caused her to be tearful sometimes the doctor prescribed anti-pr presence which chenade would later say worked well for her sometime in February chenade got a friend request over social
media from a complete stranger named Kyle bevon she accepted and the two began exchanging messages Kyle described himself as a recovering crack and spice addict though he still drank alcohol and used amphetamines Xanax Valium and weed so his recovery seemed quite limited he had a young daughter from a previous relationship but he wasn’t in contact with her though chenade said she was in her own words frightened of every man because of her history as a victim of DV she thought Kyle would be her protector within hours of their first conversation
they began a relationship reports vary but either the day after they started talking or just a few days later Kyle moved in with chenade and her three vulnerable children it was not long before the girls started accumulating injuries and bruises especially Lola who was still too young to clearly explain what was happening to her on April 19th Kyle was awake while chenade was asleep upstairs sent a message saying Lola tripped over toys while coming down the stairs at 2: a.m.
he had said that she had smashed her face and got a bloody nose in April 26 chenade noticed Lola had a scrape on her chin Kyle explained it away as Lola just fallen and he called her a crazy kid chenade said Kyle was really good with Lola she said he would cook her dinner he would do stuff with her he was always buying her stuff she didn’t need but he would treat her sometimes Kyle seemed to enjoy the children but at other times his mood shifted and they frustrated him one message he talked about buying Lola presents and said she was fun to be
around but in another he said too many kids in the house just doing my head in when he was in a bad mood he was nasty and intimidating under ordinary circumstances Health visitor Leslie stadman would have returned to the home in April however the world events of 2020 soon made that impossible as lockdowns were imposed in Wales and around the world she still kept in touch via telephone but Chen would not tell her that Kyle had moved in and she didn’t mention Lola’s injuries texts from May 4th showed Lola acting out
possibly to indicate she didn’t like Kyle and the way he hurt her shade saw Lola spitting at him and making a horrible noise Lola also screamed while Kyle was with her at night the violence escalated and Lola ended up with a cut lip Kyle claimed she fell off her bed saying she was standing in her CAU and she dropped to the floor really quickly she bit her lip on the way down I tried to help but she kicked off told chenade I feel like you don’t trust me anymore he also told her Lola needs to get used to me babe I am not the devil I think
the world of that little girl of course Chade believed his excuses May 10th the baby Lola’s younger sister had a black eye Casey Morgan who is shade’s best friend and neighbor was Disturbed when she saw it so she took a picture of it Casey asked what happened chenade said the baby had an accident while Kyle was watching her Casey did not like Kyle and told chenade to get rid of him that she didn’t want him around her house or her kids by May chenade knew that Kyle regularly took strong tranquilizers and often used
other drugs she admitted they both took amphetamines together but but claimed she only participated when the children were out of the house staying with her mother or other family May 14th Kyle took Xanax and flew into a rage used a hammer to smash up the house including the light switches in the kitchen tried to headbutt chenade and scared she gathered up the children and ran to Casey’s house they spent the night there but the next day Kyle did what abusers always do he acted contrite and apologized sent a message that said I
feel like a monster and as shade to forgive him Casey begged her to stay but chenade and the children went home the next day she let Kyle continue living there and she kept leaving him alone with the kids a few days later her cousin visited and told her that the house was so dirty and cluttered that social services might get involved Kyle again flew into a rage and got aggressive with her cousin who quickly left on June 8th the health visitor phoned to ask how she and the children were doing Jana told her that she had
another adult living in her home but lied and said it was a female person she didn’t report her new relationship or any of the recent injuries to the children and she concealed the state of her home conditions in the home continued to deteriorate chenade and Kyle often argued about Lola and the arguments got heed in one message he told her to come get youring child while in another it was chenade who was angry at him for keeping Lola up all night she messaged what’s up with you she needs to be in bed it’s 4:00 a.m. he replied it
was oneing night Sheen made she was falling asleep while playing and I was going to carry her up I wanted to give her a cuddle to sleep but youed it up given his increasing violence towards Lola it’s chilling to imagine what he might have been doing with her in the middle of the night on June 11th she and Kyle argued and he grabbed her arm she texted a friend and said I’m done I’m finished with Kyle I’m not putting up with it I have kids to think about she messaged him saying she was sick of his drug use and told him to get out Kyle
replied saying you you lying cheating childish despite his physical and verbal abuse she n back down and let him stay and she kept insisting that Kyle was not a danger to her children on July 5th Casey saw Lola at the park and noticed bruises on her legs there is no indication that Casey discussed her observation with chenade and she did not call the police n was angry with Kyle that day but not because of what he was doing to Lola was angry about the way Kyle was treating her same day she told him to get out again she texted what you
are doing is a form of devv I know I’ve been through it when he refused to leave she let the matter drop she didn’t call the police or ask for any help evicting him 2 days later on July 7th she and Kyle were outside in the neighborhood pushing the baby in her stroller she’s friend Casey was outside as well in Anger Kyle shouted it and pushed the stroller with the baby inside into a busy road chenade had to dive into the street and pull the baby out of oncoming traffic shaken chenade asked Casey if she and the kids could spend the night
again Casey agreed and chenade left the baby with her while she went back into the house to get the other children for chenade got back Kyle showed up Casey said he was in her own words foaming by the mouth his eyes were huge and he didn’t look good he was aggressive and it was really scary few minutes later chenade and the children arrived looking petrified they managed to enter Casey’s home without further incident but the next day chenade again forgave Kyle she took the children back home and continued to let him watch them on July
9th chenade received an ominous warning via social media the grandmother of Kyle’s daughter not his mother but the mother of his ex-girlfriends had heard Kyle was living with chenade she reached out to her mom to mom because she thought chenade should know that Kyle had physically hurt her daughter and her granddaughter in the past she told chenade he was a child protection risk she said I’m concerned about the fact that he’s around your children chenade asked Kyle’s mother Alison bevon about the claim Allison said it wasn’t true
and just like that on the word of someone who was likely biased and trying to to protect her son chenade dismissed the warning even though just two days before he pushed her baby out into traffic later that day Lola’s face and nose were hurt quite badly and again it happened while Kyle was alone with her Kyle blamed the family dog who was an American bulldog named Jesse he said that Jesse pushed Lola off the couch and face first into the coffee table concerned that Lola’s nose was broken jate asked a couple of the neighbors to
look at it notice Lola also had marks on the side of her neck as if someone had grabbed her there they said she needed to see a doctor immediately but chenade lied and said that she had already seen a doctor later Kyle told her that his mom looked at Lola through a video call and said she was fine he also told chenade that his mom was a nurse but that was not true although she did work as a healthcare assistant she was not a nurse it is unknown whether the video call ever happened but she believed him and never took Lola to the doctor in
fact she didn’t take any of the children to the doctor for the injuries they suffered while Kyle was there the next day chenade left Kyle alone with Lola and the baby she texted him you don’t need to tell me what you’re doing with them I do trust you with them day after that on July 11th Lola had another accident while Kyle was watching her and chenade texted don’t feel bad although chenade has never explained something must have happened during the next 5 days because on July 16th she asked for Kyle’s birthday and told him she wanted
to run a cla’s law check on him cla’s law also known as the DV disclosure scheme was implemented in 2014 by all police departments in Wales named in honor of Clare wood who was murdered by her partner allows the police to divulge information they have about dangerous people likely to commit DV Kyle refused to give chenade his date of birth and said I don’t have to give it to you they won’t find anything on me still even with her suspicion aroused she did nothing to remove Kyle or her children from the home that night her
mother was supposed to watch Lola but Nicola called and said she was feeling too sick sometime between 7 and 8:00 p.m. chenade went to bed and left Kyle alone downstairs with Lola Kyle said he took several pictures of her using SnapChat filters and then put her to bed a few minutes after midnight on July 17th chenade was woken by a loud bang and heard Lola screaming she went to the children’s room and found Kyle holding Lola by her bed he told her she’s all right she banged her head and I’ve got this without comforting Lola or looking
at her head chenade believed him and went back to bed where she fell asleep over the next 4 hours Kyle beat the toddler causing multiple injuries at 4:26 a.m. he took pictures of bruises on her back in the image she was still conscious and able to sit up on her own temporary tattoos the toy kind that are sometimes prizes inside of cereal boxes were visible on her arms sometime after taking the picture he continued the assaults 2 hours later around 6:30 a.m.
he Googled the phrase my 2-year-old child had just taken a bang to the head and gone all limp and snoring he also searched for loss of Consciousness 6:37 he took a screenshot of a website on his phone the image he captured clearly states that if a child has symptoms like excessive bruising swelling or loss of consciousness he should call for an ambulance immediately but he didn’t call for help the next 2 minutes he took more photographs of Lola who cannot sit up on her own and appears to be unconscious the photos her head eyes and lips were
extremely swollen and bruised 640 he calls his mother Allison but she doesn’t answer he sent her the photos of Lola but she was asleep and didn’t see them until she woke up at 655 when she saw those photos she texted that Kyle should take the toddler directly to the hospital but instead he propped his phone up so he could film a gruesome 22 second video in it he lifted the unresponsive girl up and tried to get her to stand on her feet he let go olola fell back to the floor with an audible thud he picked her back up and set her
on the couch and said she’s gone she’s gone he sent the video to his mother at 6:58 but his mother claimed she didn’t watch it 7:00 a.m. she texted him again saying he should wake chenade up and get emergency help she messaged him repeatedly over the next 13 minutes Kyle did not respond instead he tried to cover up his crime by putting Lola in the bath and dressing her in New night close around 7:20 he woke chenade up and told her that an ambulance was on its way because Lola was all limp and had fallen down the stairs he held out his
finger and showed her a piece of lowless tongue that he said she had bitten off but no ambulance was on its way because he had still not called one at 7:28 almost an entire hour after he Googled unconsciousness he asked his mother to call an ambulance 1129 Allison called emergency services in her call she said she’s a 2-year-old and she’s got ADHD she has fallen top to bottom down the stairs and they can’t wake her up she’s unconscious she also said the girl was floppy and had a massive lump on her head she said her son didn’t call
because he didn’t have credit on his phone and the dispatcher told her they don’t need credit to call the emergency line 7:30 chenade also placed a 999 call show the dispatcher she’s fallen down the stairs from the top of the stairs to the bottom her head’s all swollen and she’s bit the top of her tongue off when asked why she fell chenade said the Bloody Dog I have it just barged her and she fell well chenade was on the phone Kyle took more photographs and videos of Lola unconscious and snoring on the couch around 7:34 the ambulance and
paramedics arrived Kyle told paramedics I think the dog tripped her over that she had fallen down the steps they noted the girl’s face was swollen and badly bruised and she appeared to be wet she was not wearing a diaper underneath her pajamas which was unusual because she wore one to bed she was badly hurt and unconscious but she was still alive she was rushed the nearby wiy Bush hospital by ambulance after a short discussion with the police Kyle and chenade went to the hospital shade’s mother and Lola’s father Daniel soon joined them there
Kyle became aggressive when the doctors asked how Lola got her injuries and threatened to rip up their notes he also got into an argument with Daniel and challenged him to a fight everyone else was heartbroken and distraught but Kyle didn’t even pretend to be sad when she was stabilized it was clear she needed specialized treatment Lola was transferred to Noah’s Arc Children’s Hospital in Cardiff about an hour away janate and her mother followed her to the second hospital but Kyle on the other hand decided to go home Kyle
didn’t answer the door right away when officers stopped by at 11:00 a.m. when he finally let them inside they saw he had been vacuuming the living room floor which seemed suspicious given the general disarray and dirtiness of the rest of the house every room was cluttered clothes on the floor and items on every flat surface even the stove top had open cereal boxes sitting on the burners a table in the living area was crowded with cigarette butts empty food wrappers and cleaning products despite the mess the bathtub was spotless and
looked like it had been recently cleaned during a search of the property investigators found gray child’s pajamas in the corner of a living room the pajamas were wet covered in vomit and blood stains the police asked if he had a mobile phone and Kyle said he didn’t when officers heard it ringing and found it hidden under a blanket they made him hand it over he repeated his claim that the dog must have pushed her down the stairs he said he was downstairs making coffee when Lola woke up and walked to the top of the stairs naked
he said I assume she ripped her nappy off before you question me on that he asked her if she wanted some cereal and went back to the kitchen to fix her a bowl I could hear footsteps on the ceiling upstairs and next thing I heard was two or three massive bangs boom boom boom I came running around the corner and she was on the floor he said she was out cold and snoring which he thought meant she was choking on her tongue when he checked her mouth he’d found she had bitten a chunk of it off he said he moved her to the couch and
dressed her because she was cold he said he attempted CPR by blowing into her mouth Kyle described Lola as accident prone a nutcase and an idiot he said she always falls and smacks her face or lacks awareness he said chenade fed her ice lollies all the time constantly ice lollies he also said Lola was crazy absolutely crazy she’s a bundle of energy man they’re testing her for ADHD and autism he was clearly trying to convince them that whatever happened was Lola’s fault when asked why he waited so long to call the ambulance he said I had
to stop her chewing on her tongue put her on the sofa put clothes on her and put the dog out I sat next to her and prayed really he described his relationship with chenade as pretty good and said he often went through her phone to keep an eye on her when police interviewed chenade she also told them Lola had two left feet and that she doesn’t sleep and falls over everything she said Kyle was amazing with Lola and she didn’t believe for a second that he would have hurt her however her opinion changed after police showed her the
video Kyle had taken of Lola’s unconscious body falling to the floor with a loud thud after watching it she said she felt sick and wanted to punch him in the face she said if he can do that what has actually happened to my baby later that day around 3:15 Kyle texted chenade that they needed to make sure their stories match saying they need to be bang on he texted they think we hurt Lola she fell down the stairs and the marks are from when the dog jumped up on her it happens all the time later he wrote I would never hurt her
like that I really hope you know I done everything I could at 4:34 police arrested chenade at Noah’s Ark Hospital on suspicion of child neglect 437 they found Kyle at a neighbor’s house and arrested him as well both were questioned and subsequently released 4 days later on July 21st Lola died as the result of her injuries she was only 2 years and 10 months old her father Daniel stayed by her side during her last days he said the guilt I feel lives inside me and will never leave as the memory of Lola lying in a hospital bed
fighting to stay alive will remain with me always after Lola passed the police went back to the house to question the couple again again chenade was erratic and panicking when she answered the door they described Kyle’s Behavior as agitated and obstructive when police explained they just needed to make sure nothing dodgy happened and they were just doing their jobs Kyle was confrontational he replied you chose to be a copper both Kyle and chenade were arrested again in January of 2021 this time on suspicion of murder and released
unconditional bail on April 21st 2022 they were arrested arrested a third and final time Kyle was charged with murder and causing the death of a child he was held with no bail chenade was charged with causing or allowing the death of a child she was put in jail for her own safety after receiving threats from community members on June 29th they both pled not guilty Kyle was returned to jail to await his trial chenade was released on conditional bail the trial began on March 7th 2023 and was presided over by Sir Martin Alexander gri in
swans SE Crown Court prosecutor Caroline re said Lola had been the victim of a frenzied and extremely violent attack that lasted for 6 and 1/2 hours she presented evidence that showed Kyle waited an hour to call an ambulance while he photographed and filmed Lola dying body he bathed her to cover up evidence scrubbing so hard he removed the temporary tattoos applied on her arm he also hit her soiled pajamas and likely hid or disposed of the weapons he used in his assault during testimony chenade called Kyle a monster she
expressed regret saying she wondered whether Lola would still be alive if she had got him out of the house she said I beat myself up every day he needs to rotten hell she also claimed to be asleep during the incident which prosecutors believed in part because they found no activity occurred on her cell phone during that time one witness called to testify was Coral Barker who had owned Jesse the Bulldog before giving her to chenade Coral said Jess liked cuddles and that she was very well behaved with her four young children she
also said that because of Kyle’s accusation they were forced to put Jesse to sleep Dr Michelle Jardine an intensive care pediatrician with over 12 years experience with young trauma patient said that toddler’s body was one of the most extensively bruised and battered bodies she had ever seen Dr Deborah stalker a consultant pediatrician testified that 101 bruises and scratches all over loadless body were not consistent with an accidental fall down the carpeted stairs she didn’t think that there was a part of her body
that wasn’t bruised many of her bruises were larger than the ones caused by the accident and some were consistent with being grabbed and squeezed by a human hand typically only found in cases of CA the doctor believed some of Lola’s injuries were caused by weapons that had not been found at the scene in particular her right thigh had circular bruises in a distinctive linear pattern and the bleeding puncture wounds on her forehead appeared to be caused by a different weapon her back and legs had been hit by yet another unidentified
weapon the pattern showed three or four blows that caused large bruises the injuries on her neck were not consistent with an accident but were consistent with strangulation the bruising on Lola’s ears almost never happens by accident it was usually the the result of a direct blow Dr stalker said the large subdural Hemorrhage Lola had was usually the result of a high velocity road traffic collision where a child is thrown from the car or a fall from a great height such as a Fall From A Balcony or bedroom window of more than 10 ft of course
neither of those things had happened in this case so the only other cause would have been violent shaking and forceful impacts she said physical CA was the most likely cause stair fall does not explain the catastrophic and extensive injuries to the head with bleeding to both eyes Lola’s eyes had been horribly injured all four quadrants and both of her eyes were bleeding from multiple places including from the optic nerve sheath she had retinal fold and retinal splitting injuries caused when the retina wrinkles and detaches both signs
of shaking baby syndrome the doctor said the whole picture of lless head injuries led me to conclude they were caused by abusive head trauma most likely from being violently shaken her cause of death was brain damage consultant neuroradiologist doctor Neil Studley examined CT and MRI scans of lless head and independently came to the same conclusion he said the subdural bleeding occurred mainly over the front left side of her brain but also on the back right side and at the base of her brain this was caused by forceful shaking an impact
on the left side of her head her scalp was swollen in several places as were her ears which he pointed to as additional evidence of impact he testified her injuries could not be explained by a fall down the stairs and they were caused by inappropriate force in his report Dr Studley wrote that the injuries inside her skull caused extensive brain damage that led her to death they were due to abusive head trauma likely to have occurred as a result of a shaking mechanism or a forceful impact the left side of the
head or combination of both these mechanisms in layman’s terms Kyle shook Lola and bashed her head into something solid prosecutor re acknowledged that Kyle covered up his actions with multiple excuses but she argued that chenade should have been well aware of the risk of violence Kyle posed as a mother it was her job to protect alola but chenet did nothing the jury deliberated for 10 hours on April 4th they found Kyle guilty of murder and chenade guilty of causing or allowing Lola’s death at the sentencing here in
April 25th Lola’s grandmother and father both gave impact statements niola addressed Kyle directly saying you killed my Lola and you have broken her family I hope with the time you have now you can understand what you have done Lola’s clothes still hang in the wardrobe and her toys are still in the cupboard but she is no longer here she also told the court she lives with constant regret because she felt ill in the night her granddaughter needed her the most Daniel grieved the life Lola would never get to live said said as a
parent all I could hope for was that Lola would continue to grow with happiness and health with the courage in her heart to know she could be anything and do anything she wanted but that will never be I will never get to meet my daughter as a teenager or a woman all I have left are memories of a beautiful baby and dreams of the child she can never become before Justice Griffith handed down their sentences he considered mitigating factors such as the possibility that chenade was afraid of Kyle but ultimately determined she
was not the messages between the two didn’t indicate fear instead she showed she was in control and able to leave when she wanted she had the support of friends neighbors and family even with other options the judge said she consistently prioritized the relationship with Kyle bevon over concern for her children for her crime he sentenced chenade to 6 years in prison she must serve 3 years before becoming eligible for release on license which is similar to what we would call parole Justice Griffiths noted Kyle’s
lack of remorse he said Kyle started to hurt Lola at midnight and he carried on until she was unconscious at 6:30 a.m. because this sustained deliberate and violent attack was completely unprovoked and carried out against a vulnerable child he sended Kyle to life in prison must serve a minimum of 28 years before possible release on license Chade also lost custody of her surviving children although she remained in contact with them mother Nicola said she hopes chenade gets the help she needs while behind bars Lola’s funeral was held in St David
and St Patrick Catholic Church in haford West on September 15th 2020 after the service her pink and white casket was taken to the cemetery by horse and carriage the route through town was announced down Captain James Hill through Front Street and North Road across marble Hall the family asked the community to watch the procession encourag them to clap cheer or let off a balloon to celebrate Lola’s life she was buried at thoron Cemetery citizens of haford West were deeply saddened by her death at a makeshift Memorial outside her home they
left toys and stuffed animals for the toddler a family friend who wished to remain anonymous said I knew her for her entire life and she was such a happy little girl I have so many amazing memories of her there was never a time that she wasn’t smiling and she had the cutest little smile I hope that everyone dealing with this tragedy is okay but I don’t think this town will ever be the same again so many people have been affected by this and it’s not an easy thing to go through local councelor Thomas Tudor agreed saying it’s a
terrible tragedy that has happened the town is in a State of Shock after Lola’s death The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children called for an investigation which they called a child protective review the society’s local director Tracy Holdsworth asked the government to make protecting children a national priority she said the review must be robust in finding whether more could have been done to protect this little girl and how agencies working together can better prevent future tragedies according to
reporting by BBC Wales there were an alarming number of ongoing reviews over 30 and at least four other children in addition to lolet died during the Nationwide lockdowns until the reports have been published the reason for the large number won’t be clear experts believe the isolation likely played a part but they don’t think was the sole cause Dr dwey Evans pediatrician and expert witness on child protection cases said recent cuts to service have impacted the effectiveness of local agencies he said they spend a lot of
time firefighting they spend most of their time chasing after those families where the injuries have already taken place so there is no time or resources to prevent these risks occurring and of course prevention is better than cure a child practice review was started after Lola’s death but put on hold after Colin schade’s trials were completed it was restarted in April of 2023 although reviews often take about 6 months to complete this one is taking longer as of the date of this recording no deadline has been set for completion
and publication of the review we will update you if any additional information becomes available lless father Daniel wrote The Following in a tribute to Lola it read the pain and grief I feel every time I close my eyes and see your perfect little face is unbearable even to say your name shatters my heart the only reason I can stand here today is for hope that you can see me see that you were loved and that you deserve to live a full happy Safe Life surrounded by the joy that you gave to others I’m so sorry your short life was filled with so much
pain you were so loved Lola and so missed every single day in her tribute Lola’s grandmother Nicola said my last memory with Lola is hearing her sing the song Diamonds by Rihanna she and her sister had spent time learning the song and making up a little dance so they could put on a show for us she will forever be a diamond up in the sky we will never ever forget her we will continue to keep her memory alive we write her letters and we talk to her in the sky at night as a family we will’ll never get over this the loss that we
feel is Indescribable we haven’t begun to process all of this and don’t know if we ever will Lola we love you we will always love you and we will miss you forever
