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A mentally-ill woman who admitted killing her son and daughter has been detained indefinitely.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. Vivian Gamor, 29, beat Antoine, 10, and suffocated Kenniece, three, at her home in Hackney, east London, in January, the Old Bailey heard.
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.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. Not enough weight had been given to the concerns of their father, he said.
Gamor was held under the Mental Health Act after the judge agreed her responsibility was diminished through paranoid schizophrenia. The system that I obeyed has frogmarched my children to their deaths Jimi OgunkoyaFather
This is a tragic case which has been devastating for this family Fran PearsonHackney Council The children's father, Jimi Ogunkoya, blamed social services for their deaths.
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. "I obeyed the law and let them go," he said in a court statement.
After she became ill in January 2006, the children lived full time with their father, Hackney Council said in a statement. "I wish I had not done that. The system that I obeyed has frogmarched my children to their deaths.
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. "They assessed her and found nothing wrong. This is pure negligence, which will not be tolerated,"
Her children started to spend more time with her again. Gamor was detained under the Mental Health Act after the judge agreed her responsibility was diminished through paranoid schizophrenia.
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. Mother Nature Vivian
The court heard Gamor was sectioned for serious mental illness in early 2006 and the children moved in with their father.
She had claimed the children were not hers, that Jesus was her twin and changed her name by deed poll to Mother Nature Vivian.
But Gamor was later released from care after doctors concluded she posed no risk to herself or others.
She was gradually granted supervised and then, on three occasions, unsupervised access to her children.
It was on the third occasion of unsupervised access that Gamor killed her children during the night at her flat in Pembury Close.
Hackney and City Safeguarding Children's Board has ordered an inquiry into the deaths.
Board chairman Fran Pearson said: "This is a tragic case which has been devastating for this family, and has affected everyone involved with it."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. She said lessons would be learned from the findings of the Serious Case Review, which will be published next month.