Amina Agboola

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amina was left in the care of Dean Harris, while her mother took an older sibling to school.  Two year old Amina Agboola died from horrific injuries similar to those seen in car accidents after her mother’s teenage boyfriend kicked her across a room. When Amina wet herself, Harris kicked her so hard she landed six feet away and was left with a split liver. Paramedics who treated Amina said they found her looking like a ‘rag doll’ in a pink nightie, struggling to breathe. She later died in hospital.

 

Harris dialed 999, claiming that little Amina had fallen off the toilet and hit her head. But tests later revealed she had numerous other injuries including a fractured arm, bruises to her face and bite marks on her cheeks and forearm.Social services warned Sarah Racqueman that Harris was capable of violence and was a drug user. She claimed she had not usually allowed Harris to look after her daughter, but was ‘not in her right mind’ the day Amina was killed. Harris admitted manslaughter, but was convicted of murder. Racqueman was acquitted of causing or allowing the death but admitted two charges of neglect relating to other children. She was given a suspended sentence.

 

 This mother was a least warned, where many of us were not and she choose to ignore the warnings. In my eyes she is just as guilty.