There has to be a major lawsuit here to address this madness
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NL Cabinet horrified by report on abused foster child; caregiver suspended
The Dutch cabinet expressed shock after a report revealed severe neglect and abuse of a foster child in Vlaardingen. Four ministers outlined the findings in a letter to the parliament, emphasizing the need for reform in the youth care sector to prevent such incidents in the future. In relation to the case, the caregiver responsible for the foster child has been placed on suspension by the foster care organization Enver.
The girl was severely abused by her foster parents, resulting in permanent injuries.
The girl, who had been placed in foster care after her biological mother lost custody, was hospitalized in May 2024 with severe injuries, including brain trauma and multiple fractures. She was unresponsive upon arrival at the hospital and later remained in a coma. The child is now permanently dependent on intensive care.
The report indicates that despite multiple attempts by the girl to seek help, child protection agencies, including the William Schrikker Foundation (WSS) and Enver, failed to intervene. The girl had reportedly asked for help several times, but no action was taken.
The child was 10 years old when she and her sister were entrusted to foster parents John and Daisy van den B., both 38, in March 2022. The sister returned to her biological mother in 2023, the girl remained with the Van den B.s. The Inspectorates’ report states that the foster parents systematically and increasingly violently abused her for months, giving her barely anything to eat, physically assaulting her, locking her into an electrified cage, and portraying her as a pathological liar.
The care providers responsible for her - foster care organization Enver and youth protection organization William Schrikker Stichting (WSS), which has legal guardianship over the girl - turned a blind eye, ignoring the cries for help from the child herself, her biological mother, neighbors, her school, and even the police.
According to the Telegraaf, the child’s foster care supervisor, “Rob”, carries a big part of the blame. He was supposed to monitor the girl’s well-being, but instead acted more like a family friend to the foster parents, not only ignoring signs of abuse but outright denying them. He insisted that John and Daisy van den B. offered a “loving place” for the girl, despite clear signs of abuse and previous reports of them abusing other foster children.
In July 2021, Evner placed three Syrian brothers with John and Daisy van den B. under Rob’s supervision. The oldest boy was moved a week later after an argument with John van den B., but the other two stayed until 13 September 2021, when they were urgently moved due to signs of child abuse. The foster parents allegedly kept them in a dog cage and didn’t give them enough food or clothing. The police asked Nidos, the youth protection agency responsible for the three boys, to press charges, but that didn’t happen for unclear reasons. Six months later, Rob placed the Vlaardingen girl and her sister in the same family.
Between June and August 2022, there were several worrying reports about sexually transgressive behavior in the foster family, including that Jonn van den B. had sexually abused the girl, according to the newspaper. However, a youth worker from WWS stated that these signals were untrue and Rob was adamant that the accusations were unjustified. No one at WWS or Enver spoke to the girl herself, and no doctor examined her medically.
In May last year, John van de B. rushed the severely malnourished 10-year-old girl to a hospital with multiple broken bones and serious brain damage. Doctors immediately called the police, who arrested the foster parents a short time later.
The Public Prosecution Service (OM) suspects them of attempted manslaughter, severe assault, unlawful deprivation of liberty, and putting and leaving someone in a healthy state. The OM is also charging them with abusing the girl’s sister and two of the three Syrian brothers.
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