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Baby X

Britain's Child Abusers Brought to Justice

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Baby X

By: Harry Keeble, Kris Hollington
Narrated by: Damian Lynch
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Baby X is a shocking and unforgettable story of how some of the UK's most disadvantaged children escaped their tormentors - and explains why some cases, similar to that of Baby P's, ended in tragedy. When super-tough cop Sergeant Harry Keeble announced he was joining Hackney's ailing Child Protection Team in 2000, his colleagues were astounded. Known as the 'Cardigan Squad', its officers were seen as glorified social workers dealing with domestics.

The reality was very different. Within a few months he'd fought machete-wielding thugs, rescued kids who had pit bulls chained to their cots and confronted the horrors of African witchcraft, exposing a network of abuse in the process - all in his unrelenting war against child cruelty. Harry rescued dozens of kids - kids in crack houses, kids living in unimaginable filth and kids who had burned their houses down. Then there were the hostage situations, the lynch mobs, and the almost impossible process of interviewing paedophiles to get a confession. Without wading in sentimentality, he describes how his team - working alongside dedicated but chronically underfunded social workers - operated at the sharp end of child protection.

©2010 Harry Keeble (P)2011 Audible Ltd Children's Studies Social Sciences Scary Crime Emotionally Gripping Thought-Provoking

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Great reading and very interesting, I was intrigued by all that goes on within the child services very educating indeed

Great read

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best narrated book ive listen too on this site at last, really interesting and captured my attention, i found it hard to switch it. well done Harry Keeble.
Definitely recommend you listen to this story.

brilliant read

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Great listen & really shocking & you can’t believe this is actually happening to poor little kids . Real eye opener & thank goodness for people like Harry & the police & social services & teachers . What a wicked world we live in & these scum should be made to be extinct . Thank you for all you do 👍🏼

Omg

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This book wasn’t an easy one to listen to, but that’s what makes it so important. It’s a real first hand account of some of the most shocking and saddening abuse children have been and continue to be subjected to and the processes involved in making them safe and bringing the perpetrators to justice. It’s a must read for anyone working in child protection, with children of any ages, in health care, education and generally everyone. Child protection is everyone’s business after all. Beautifully read with sensitivity.

Harrowing, heartbreaking and heroic

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A well written and exceptionally well narrated book.
I enjoyed it so much that I purchased the other two books in the series.

Bloody Brilliant !!

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A fascinating inside look into the policing behind child sex offenders. if you are sensitive I would avoid as it can be quite disturbing however it is raw and real. I admire the author for educating others on such a taboo subject.

Not for the sensitive!

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All cases were both shocking and very saddening.
My heart sunk a few times whilst listening.
But the Narrator WOW!
JUST EXCELLENT!
His accents were spot on for all nationalities he mimics.
I was genuinely surprised.... I was pleasantly surprised too.

Very interesting listen.

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really enjoyed listening to the way the police work in the child protection units really interesting but boy they must have horrendous nightmares and seek therapy themselves and also have some amount of self restraint not to kill these beasts x

fantastic listenen

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A really well read true crime audiobook, it's a difficult listen at times but really brings home the important work these officers do

hard hitting and intense but great

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all of Harry's books are very good I have listened to them all.the are all insightful and interesting this one by far was the hardest to listen to due to the nature of it.

Good but hard to listen to at times

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