A report on Mary Brown (Case No. 1221)
Interdiction
This report has been commissioned by Gloucestershire Social Services Department on incident that occurred on Monday 5th, Sep. 2001, it involving Mary Brown. (Case No. 1221)
Findings
Family Background
Mr Derrick Brown aged 37 years earns £10,3000 per annum.
Mrs Ada Brown aged 35 years earns £7,800 per annum.
The family live in a three-bedroom semi - detached house on 9 King's road of Monmouth. They have two children; Mary aged 12 and Robert 6 Months.
The Incident
Mrs Brown woke up on the morning of 5th, Sep, 2001 and found Mary, her daughter, sitting outside her bedroom. She was shaking, withdraws and refused to communicate. On entering the room, Mrs Brown was shocked by what she saw. Mary's Bedroom was terribly messy and objects were all scattered over the floor. On Mary's bed she found a large doll what she like, but the head of the doll had been ripped off and throw onto the floor. Social worker found this very unusual. And then the Social Services were contacted and Mary was removed from the home and is now being carried for in a children's unit.
The interview of people involved
Interview with Mrs Brown
Mrs Brown asked if Mary was all right. She asked if it would be possible to see her. When we asked what her relationship was like with Mary, Mrs Brown replied that she loved Mary very much.
When we asked what Mary and Mr Brown's relationship was like, Mrs Brown become scared to say at that moment, then she replied that their relationship was good. He and Mary never argued and he loved her very much and he wouldn't let anybody hurt her.
When we asked what Mary and Robert relationship was like, Mrs Brown replied that they always seem happy playing with each other.
When we asked how Mary was at school, Mrs Brown replied that she always worked well and made friends easily at school, and conducted herself in a way that would make any parent proud.
When we asked if she was always spent time with Robert than Mary, Mrs Brown replied that she felt so blamed and agreed. She knows that this is not fair to Mary, but she hasn't got any idea how to change it, because Robert is only 6 months old, he does need more attention.
When we asked if Mary's behaviour was any ...
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When we asked how Mary was at school, Mrs Brown replied that she always worked well and made friends easily at school, and conducted herself in a way that would make any parent proud.
When we asked if she was always spent time with Robert than Mary, Mrs Brown replied that she felt so blamed and agreed. She knows that this is not fair to Mary, but she hasn't got any idea how to change it, because Robert is only 6 months old, he does need more attention.
When we asked if Mary's behaviour was any different recently, Mrs Brown replied that Mary had been acting a little strangely. She seemed to stay in her room a lot.
When we asked what Mary was doing on the night of incident, Mrs Brown replied that she played the Monopoly with Emily, the babysitter, as usual in her room, and then she watched telly for one hour before she went to bed. Mary looked as usual, not any different between her.
When we asked if Mr Brown at home on the night of incident, Mrs Brown replied that he went out the pub, and come home late.
When we asked if she heard any noise at that night, Mrs Brown replied that she went to bed at 10:00pm after Mary and Robert slept, so she didn't heart anything.
Interview with Mr Brown
Mr Brown seemed nervous and confused. When we asked what his relationship was like with Mary, he replied that he love Mary very much as the same as her mother. He noticed that Mary is very active and a happy child and he had never had any problems with Mary until this incident.
When we asked what his relationship was like with his wife, he replied that not too bad, they never argue at home.
When we asked if he preferred Robert to Mary, he replied that he loved them both the same. As Robert is younger than Mary, he needs more attention but he has always tried his best both of them.
When we asked if Mary's behaviour had been strange recently, he replied that she has seemed her normal self, maybe a little quite than usual. She stays in her room a lot and acted a little differently around Robert too.
When we asked where he had been going on the night of the incident, he replied that he went to the pub at that night.
When we asked if he drank more that night, he disagreed.
When we asked what he had been doing when he arrived home, he replied that he felt so tried, then he went to bed for sleep at 12 o'clock.
When we asked if Mary had seemed any different on the night of the incident, he replied that when he went out, she seemed her normal self. She looked happy playing with Robert on the floor with their toys.
When we asked if he heard any noise at that night when he came home, he replied that I felt so tried at that time, so he didn't hear anything.
Interview with Mary's friend Flora Webb
When we asked what her relationship was like with Mary, Flora replied that Mary was a close friend of her. Mary was a pleasant and active person of her class.
When we asked how Mary's work had been over the last few weeks, Flora replied that Mary's work had been going down hill for the past seven weeks. Before she always worked very hard and she always put great input into class activities. Recently Mary has been in her own world a lot and her class work had change a lot. Instead of doing her work she prefers to sitting in the reading corner just staring at the ceiling.
When we asked if anything unusual had happened with Mary over the past few weeks, Flora replied that a few things had happened that she though was very strange. Mary is always crying when she prefers to sitting in the reading corner. She is not sure why and don't know what happen to Mary, because Mary hasn't tell the result to her.
Interview with Babysitter Emily Hook
When we asked what her relationship was like with Mary, Emily replied that she loved Mary and they enjoyed each other's company, and Mary was a lovely young girl.
When we asked what Mary's relationship was like with Mr Brown, Emily replied that Mary is scared of him. At the same time, he gives more attention to Robert than Mary.
When we asked why Mary, was scare of her father, Emily replied that she was not sure why; maybe Mary was scare of him when he was drunk.
When we asked what Mary's relationship was like with Mrs Brown, Emily replied that Mary is very close with her, but Mary's mother sent more time to take care of him when Robert born in these few months.
When we asked how Mary and Robert's relationship was, Emily replied that it was very good; though Robert couldn't talk they still seemed to communicate very well.
When we asked if Mary's parent all at home on the night of the incident, Emily replied that Mrs Brown was at home, but Mr Brown went out to the pub.
When we asked if Mr Brown is always drunk, Emily replied that he isn't always drank, but he cannot control himself when he got drunk.
When we asked if Mr Brown came home later on the night of the incident, Emily replied that she couldn't see Mr Brown, because she went home at 9:00pm.
When we asked how she replied that their relationship was as a family, Emily replied that they got on brilliantly. They are like any other happy family. They never argue about anything.
When we asked what she was doing on the night of the incident, Emily replied that she played the Monopoly with Emily.
When we asked if Mary's attitude and behaviour was any different than usual on the night of the incident, Emily replied that at that night everything was pleasant and fine, Mary and Robert seem great.
Conclusion
From the evidence gathered in the interviews it would seem that ever since Robert was born, Mary has been jealous of him as he was getting more attention from Mr and Mrs Brown, as he is younger.
From the evidence gathered in the interviews it would seem that there was something happened between Mr Brown and Mary. Mary is scare of her father, and Mr Brown cannot control himself when he got drunk. According to Mary trashed her room and ripped of the head of the doll, it seems that she wants to tell us has something happen to her. Maybe she wanted to notice that she abused by her dad, or she done all things like these to symbolise the lack attention by her parent. However, all of these no enough to say that is true, so we need to have an advance investigation for this case.
Recommendations
From what has happened to Mary it has been decided that the best solution is to let her carried for in a children's unit now, and she must attend counselling classes to help her with her feelings in these few weeks. After two weeks we must let her go home, and let her family to support to her.