Tag Archives: Social Services

Shock and inaction is numbing communities to these killings

Posted on June 5, 2025 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: The founder of a charity that addresses violence against women and girls, JENNIFER McDERMOTT, pictured right, responds to the tragic news at the weekend of Marjama Osman, another woman killed in the borough I am deeply saddened by … Continue reading →

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Mother of four boys killed in Sutton fire sentenced to 10 years

Posted on January 24, 2025 by insidecroydon

Deveca Rose has been jailed for 10 years for the manslaughter of her four sons who died in a house fire on Collingwood Road, Sutton, while she was out shopping. Rose, 30, had left her two sets of twins alone … Continue reading →

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Mother convicted of manslaughter of four sons killed in fire

Posted on October 4, 2024 by insidecroydon

Social workers at Sutton Council had raised concerns about Deveca Rose and the state of her home on Collingwood Road three years before four boys, aged under five, died in a blaze at their home Deveca Rose, the mother of … Continue reading →

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Care company’s closure leaves Croydon carers with no respite

Posted on June 30, 2018 by insidecroydon

Thousands of families around the borough who have hard-working carers looking after elderly or disabled relatives have had their summer plans thrown into chaos by the closure yesterday of Croydon Help For Carers, an outsourced service provider that worked closely … Continue reading →

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