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Psychotic mother killed children | |
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A mentally-ill woman who admitted killing her son and daughter has been detained indefinitely. | |
Vivian Gamor, 29, beat Antoine, 10, and suffocated Kenniece, three, at her home in Pembury Close, Hackney, east London, the Old Bailey heard. | |
Their bodies were found on 27 January when police were called to the flat. | Their bodies were found on 27 January when police were called to the flat. |
Judge Peter Rook QC criticised Hackney Council, saying the tragedy could have been avoided had Gamor not been given unsupervised access to her children. | |
He said not enough weight had been given to the concerns of the children's father. | |
Gamor was held under the Mental Health Act after the judge agreed her responsibility was diminished through paranoid schizophrenia. | |
This is a tragic case which has been devastating for this family Fran PearsonHackney Council | |
The court heard she was being treated for a serious mental illness but at the time of the killings had not been taking anti-psychotic drugs. | The court heard she was being treated for a serious mental illness but at the time of the killings had not been taking anti-psychotic drugs. |
After she became ill in January 2006, the children lived full time with their father, Hackney Council said in a statement. | |
After a spell in hospital in September, the council said she was responding well to medication and was thought to be making a good recovery. | |
Her children started to spend more time with her again. | |
After the deaths, Hackney and City Safeguarding Children's Board ordered an inquiry to examine the role played by all agencies involved in Gamor's case. | |
Board chairman Fran Pearson said: "This is a tragic case which has been devastating for this family, and has affected everyone involved with it." | |
She said the board would consider any recommendations made in the Serious Case Review, which will be published next month. |