A recent case review has found that the murder of two children in their own house “could not have been anticipated” by authorities. The review was conducted by the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland (SBNI), a group of organizations responsible for protecting young people. It concluded that there was no way for the tragic deaths to have been foreseen, but that there were lessons to be learned by professionals working with vulnerable families.
The family in question, the Gossetts, suffered an unspeakable tragedy in February 2018 when Denise, her son Roman, her daughter Sabrina, and Sabrina’s 15-month-old daughter Morgana were killed in their home in Derrylin, County Fermanagh. The perpetrator, Daniel Sebastian Allen, was sentenced to a minimum of 29 years in prison last month for their murders.
The SBNI is composed of a number of different agencies, including the Police Service of Northern Ireland and health and social care trusts. The board expressed deep sadness and shock at the murders, noting that the children were “defenceless” and should have been safe in their own home.
The case review, which was conducted by an independent reviewer in September 2019, made a number of recommendations for improving the handling of similar cases by professionals. The SBNI stated that it had accepted and acted upon all of these recommendations, and emphasized the importance of learning from each case in order to reduce the risk of future incidents
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