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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> England and Wales High Court (Family Division) Decisions >> M (Children), Re [2014] EWHC 667 (Fam) (05 March 2014) URL: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2014/667.html Cite as: [2014] EWHC 667 (Fam) |
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FAMILY DIVISION
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B e f o r e :
(In Private)
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Re M ![]() |
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MR S. MONTAZ appeared on behalf of the respondent father.
MR P. CREGAN appeared on behalf of the local authority.
MS LOGAN (solicitor) appeared on behalf of the guardian.
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Crown Copyright ©
MR JUSTICE HOLMAN:
"Thechildren
are happy and content in the care of their mother, having gone through a period of instability since last year. They are attending school and many other activities. The behaviour of [the eldest two sons] has calmed significantly and [the second son] has become very close to his mother. [The mother] is providing a physically and emotionally safe environment for the
children."
The report commented also upon the relationship between the children
and their father that had been observed during occasions of contact. It said at paragraph 6.6,
"[The father] was observed during contact with thechildren.
He was very warm and affectionate towards the
children.
His interaction with the
children
was age-appropriate during the contact and the
children
found it a positive experience. However, all
children
apart from [the eldest son] requested for future contact to be supervised."
"I am writing to advise you that due to recent concerns, I have received instructions … to issue care proceedings in respect of thechildren.
Proceedings will be issued shortly. An addendum to the section 37 report is being prepared by a social worker setting out these concerns and will follow shortly under separate cover …"
"[The mother] described her ex-husband as an overly controlling, Islamic fundamentalist and expressed the fear that he was negatively influencing [the eldest son] with radical fundamentalist thought, which is associated with terrorism. She said this revolves around the superiority of Islamic thinking over any other belief and seeing non-Muslims as 'infidels'."
At the end of the report, at paragraphs 31 and 32, the social worker observed,
"The initial sense of protectiveness [since her return from Libya] does not appear to be the case any more as the mother seems to be overwhelmed by a feeling of loss of her husband. In feeling that way [the mother] may be unable to protect thechildren
from unsupervised contact with father and appears to be lacking insight into her own vulnerability in resuming contact with [the father] by contacting him for support, despite knowing that he abducted the
children
to Libya with a view to radicalising them."
As I understand it, while the mother was so laid low by influenza she did indeed seek practical help and support from the father, having simply no-one else to whom she could turn.
"Immediately following my return, bothchildren
were extremely hostile and rude to me and used concerning language which includes calling me a 'fucking bitch', a 'Christian witch', and [the second son] told me that I am evil and going to hell. When I asked the
children
where they had got these ideas from, they said that their father had told them …
On 22 May 2013 I spoke to [the eldest son] about his behaviour and he told me that he cannot love me because I am going to 'hell fire'. He was crying and said that I was going to hell because I am not a Muslim. I comforted him and his behaviour gradually improved from this time on. [The second son] however, continued to be extremely angry and volatile. [The eldest two sons] are showing signs of radicalised behaviour and have said that they want to be a jihadist when they grow up since a young age, and that they hate England and Christians …"