Review finds killer Jamal Waddell was a victim of child exploitation
BBC·2023-06-07 21:01
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Jamal Waddell, 18, killed Dylan Holliday in August 2021 within hours of leaving care
By Jon Ironmonger & Phil Shepka
BBC Look East
A teenager "suffering exploitation" killed a 16-year-old boy within 24 hours of leaving local authority care.
Jamal Waddell, 18, attacked Dylan Holliday in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire in August 2021.
A safeguarding review, published on Wednesday, found it was not clear "appropriate multi-agency planning took place".
The Northamptonshire Children's Trust said young people were "at the heart of all we do."
Waddell, who stabbed Dylan 13 times on the Queensway estate, was tried for murder last year but convicted of manslaughter.
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Dylan Holliday "was a defenceless boy of 16" when he was attacked, Waddell's trial had heard
Neither boy is identified in the , but the BBC has chosen to name them.
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