The Downes family moved to Blackpool in 1999 after Walsall social services, in the West Midlands, threatened to prosecute the parents for wilful neglect and to have the children taken into care.
Whilst the family were living in the West Midlands, police and social services launched a joint investigation when they became aware a convicted rapist who had been jailed three times for buggery and indecent assaults on two young girls, was a regular visitor to the house and was allowed unsupervised access to a child.
The investigation into Charlene Downes disappearance , is burdened by the fact that one of the trails led directly inside the Downes family home.
Confidential witness statements, social services records and internal police reports reveal that the child protection authorities first became concerned about Charlene’s home environment in 1989, the year she was born.
A total of 15 men with various criminal convictions, including several sex offenders, were known to visit the Downes home. At the invitation of Charlene’s father.
Two of these men have admitted to the sexual abuse of Charlene Downes. Blackpool police haven’t taken any action. The Downes family moved to Blackpool in 1999 after Walsall social services, in the West Midlands, threatened to prosecute the parents for wilful neglect and to have the children taken into care.
Whilst the family were living in the West Midlands, police and social services launched a joint investigation when they became aware a convicted rapist who had been jailed three times for buggery and indecent assaults on two young girls, was a regular visitor to the house and was allowed unsupervised access to a child.
The investigation into Charlene Downes disappearance , is burdened by the fact that one of the trails led directly inside the Downes family home.
Confidential witness statements, social services records and internal police reports reveal that the child protection authorities first became concerned about Charlene’s home environment in 1989, the year she was born.
A total of 15 men with various criminal convictions, including several sex offenders, were known to visit the Downes home. At the invitation of Charlene’s father.
Two of these men have admitted to the sexual abuse of Charlene Downes. Blackpool Police haven’t taken any action.
The Charlene Files 