:00:00. > :00:09.soon. That is all from the BBC News at Six, goodbye from me. On BBC
:00:10. > :00:13.Wounded in Afghanistan and suffering from post traumatic stress disorder,
:00:14. > :00:23.this soldier killed his baby daughter. But today a report says
:00:24. > :00:27.her death could have been avoided. Clearly he had his own personal
:00:28. > :00:30.struggle so I am surprised more questions weren't asked.
:00:31. > :00:34.Also on tonight's Look East: Guilty of murder ` the pensioner who said
:00:35. > :00:36.she'd strangled her sick husband to save him suffering.
:00:37. > :00:39.Attacked from the sea by German destroyers ` the latest in our
:00:40. > :00:44.series of stories to mark the centenary of World War I.
:00:45. > :00:45.And, an eye in the sky ` how new technology is helping the RSPB
:00:46. > :01:04.protect our wildlife. Good evening. First tonight, how the
:01:05. > :01:07.death of a baby girl, killed by her father who is a former soldier with
:01:08. > :01:11.post traumatic stress disorder, could have been prevented. Today, a
:01:12. > :01:13.Serious Case Review concluded the army, doctors and health
:01:14. > :01:19.professionals could all have done more. In May 2011, seven`week`old
:01:20. > :01:23.Khloe Abrams suffered a catastrophic attack at her home in Northampton.
:01:24. > :01:31.She was taken to hospital with multiple injuries. Her treatment at
:01:32. > :01:36.Northampton General lasted 18 months. But, in November 2012, she
:01:37. > :01:39.died, just 19 months old. In January this year, her father, Liam
:01:40. > :01:49.Culverhouse, was sent to prison Mike Cartwright reports.
:01:50. > :01:53.Liam Culverhouse, a former soldier sentenced to six years for causing
:01:54. > :02:01.the death of his daughter. At six weeks old, he fractured her skull
:02:02. > :02:07.and broke her arms. He was described as a violent and troubled man. Clear
:02:08. > :02:10.indicators, we were told, that should have raised concerns with
:02:11. > :02:15.professionals about the safety of the child. I would like there to
:02:16. > :02:20.have been checked on his background. Why would we have concerns? The
:02:21. > :02:24.simple fact that he was a man who was suffering from injuries he
:02:25. > :02:28.received in the service of his country and clearly having his own
:02:29. > :02:33.personal struggle. I am surprised, therefore, that more questions were
:02:34. > :02:40.not asked and I can only put it down to in and out relationship with the
:02:41. > :02:44.mother. Blinded by a bullet, his troubles
:02:45. > :02:50.worsened because of his injuries the report said. This is the aftermath
:02:51. > :02:56.of that attack. One of six soldiers route `` wounded by a roadside
:02:57. > :03:02.bomb. He later told Army doctors it was likely he would harm a child if
:03:03. > :03:06.left alone together. But the Serious Case Review found that information
:03:07. > :03:09.was not shared with children's social care nor the Army welfare
:03:10. > :03:14.service. We take seriously our obligation to
:03:15. > :03:19.people and children of service people. We have already learned some
:03:20. > :03:24.lessons from this tragic case and we have taken some actions. We will now
:03:25. > :03:28.study the Serious Case Review report and take further action is as they
:03:29. > :03:33.are necessary. We were told that professionals need
:03:34. > :03:37.to be more nosy about domestic relationships. Liam Culverhouse s
:03:38. > :03:43.relationship was troubled and there was evidence of domestic abuse, we
:03:44. > :03:46.were told. The army supported him as an independent injured soldiers
:03:47. > :03:51.Health professionals treated her partner as a single mother with a
:03:52. > :03:55.child. Today's report found the opportunities were missed with the
:03:56. > :04:01.armies failure to share information with civilian agencies. Health
:04:02. > :04:06.professionals failed to spot injuries just days before Khloe
:04:07. > :04:09.Abrams was admitted to hospital It concluded her death was preventable
:04:10. > :04:15.if information had been shared and a child protection plan put in place.
:04:16. > :04:20.An important lesson is that we need to improve awareness of the impact
:04:21. > :04:24.military service can have on families for spouses and children,
:04:25. > :04:29.whether emotional or psychological harm or, sadly in this case,
:04:30. > :04:34.physical harm. Lessons in this case will be learned
:04:35. > :04:38.and acted upon agencies said. A soldier who came home from bloody
:04:39. > :04:42.combat only to inflict terrible injuries on his own baby daughter.
:04:43. > :04:47.Earlier, I spoke to Mark Sewart a retired Squadron Leader who's now
:04:48. > :04:51.working as a lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University and is an expert
:04:52. > :04:54.in post`traumatic stress disorder. He told me that, although violence
:04:55. > :04:57.is rare, people suffering from the condition can find it difficult to
:04:58. > :05:08.distinguish between past and present.
:05:09. > :05:12.One of the key diagnostic criteria for post`traumatic stress disorder
:05:13. > :05:16.is what we call re`experiencing phenomena or what are commonly known
:05:17. > :05:21.as flashbacks. During those episodes, the individual can believe
:05:22. > :05:25.they are back in whatever event it was that traumatised them in the
:05:26. > :05:29.first place so they can become less aware of the immediacy of their
:05:30. > :05:34.surroundings and feel themselves to be back in a very dangerous and
:05:35. > :05:40.volatile situation from their past. In the case of Liam Culverhouse he
:05:41. > :05:45.went as far as to tell those Army doctors that he felt he had the
:05:46. > :05:51.potential to harm his child. It seems to me the crux of this case
:05:52. > :05:56.is that crucial bit of information was not then passed on. The key
:05:57. > :06:02.thing to remember is that people divulges things like this on a daily
:06:03. > :06:08.basis to primary care professionals across the country, not just the
:06:09. > :06:12.military, and one house to take a balanced judgement about whether
:06:13. > :06:15.they are just articulating and inner fear or whether it is a plan or
:06:16. > :06:20.intent to cause harm to themselves or someone else.
:06:21. > :06:25.But that risk a judgement in this case was not taken. We could see him
:06:26. > :06:31.falling almost between two stools, as it were. How common is this,
:06:32. > :06:37.between military and civilian care? The transition between receiving
:06:38. > :06:40.care from the Ministry of Defence and the National Health Service is
:06:41. > :06:45.an area which is known about as being a potential risk and I am
:06:46. > :06:49.aware the MoD is working hard to bridge that with increased dialogue
:06:50. > :06:54.between themselves and the NHS when people move from military service to
:06:55. > :07:00.civilian life. If they're a transfer of care? It doesn't seem like there
:07:01. > :07:05.was in this case? We are moving to a situation where it is far more
:07:06. > :07:11.joined up. What has gone wrong, though, in the past? Why hasn't
:07:12. > :07:15.there simply been someone passing on records or a letter or an e`mail of
:07:16. > :07:20.a phone call to ensure something like this doesn't happen? The MoD
:07:21. > :07:26.put in place a computer system that is still operated within the MoD
:07:27. > :07:32.witching abled that data to be transferred to the NHS computer
:07:33. > :07:36.system but unfortunately the whole process was cancelled.
:07:37. > :07:40.Therefore, we have been less `` left with no information transfer through
:07:41. > :07:46.that medium. But you are right. There is no reason why letters or
:07:47. > :07:49.e`mails cannot pass between the Ministry of Defence and the NHS You
:07:50. > :07:53.have had your own experience, haven't you?
:07:54. > :07:58.I worked within the system so I got a copy of my own medical records and
:07:59. > :08:00.hand delivered it to my own civilian GP but that is something I chose to
:08:01. > :08:07.do. So, knowing the military system as
:08:08. > :08:11.you do and now in civilian life are you confident things can and will
:08:12. > :08:15.improve? I have every confidence things will
:08:16. > :08:20.improve and you can see it on a daily basis. This is a tragic case
:08:21. > :08:24.and one you would not want to see repeated. I can assure you that
:08:25. > :08:29.clinicians, whether they are wearing a military uniform or an NHS
:08:30. > :08:33.uniform, strive to achieve that level of assurance that these things
:08:34. > :08:37.will not happen again. Thank you very much.
:08:38. > :08:41.A pensioner has has been given a life sentence for killing her
:08:42. > :08:44.husband. Sheila Sampford from Milton Keynes claimed it was an act of
:08:45. > :08:47.mercy because he was dying of leukaemia. She said her husband s
:08:48. > :08:51.dying words as she strangled him were, "I love you". But the Judge
:08:52. > :08:54.did not accept her claim. Neil Bradford was in court and joins me
:08:55. > :08:56.from our Luton newsroom now. Neil, what else did Mrs Sampford say about
:08:57. > :09:10.the night she killed her husband? She wept as she relived the moment
:09:11. > :09:13.as she strangled her husband with a bandage. She told the judge that it
:09:14. > :09:18.had been the worst thing she had ever done and that she did it for
:09:19. > :09:23.John, for love and to stop him suffering. She said he was his rock.
:09:24. > :09:27.The couple were three months away from celebrating their golden
:09:28. > :09:31.wedding anniversary when she killed him at the home they shared together
:09:32. > :09:37.in milk and `` Milton Keynes. She said it had been discussed on
:09:38. > :09:41.numerous occasions and she was acting out of devotion and to ease
:09:42. > :09:46.his suffering from leukaemia. Today, it emerged that John Sanford
:09:47. > :09:50.showed no signs of wanting to take his own life and that he was coping
:09:51. > :09:55.well with his terminal illness. The court also heard that Sheila
:09:56. > :09:58.Sampford told police that at the time she had just snapped and she
:09:59. > :10:02.did not know what she had done. Today the judge ruled it was not a
:10:03. > :10:08.mercy killing. An explanation the police have never accepted.
:10:09. > :10:17.From the word go, it was always treated as a murder enquiry. There
:10:18. > :10:22.were other factors other than his health in the enquiry that led us to
:10:23. > :10:26.believe Sheila had committed this murder for other reasons. This
:10:27. > :10:31.really was an unusual case, wasn't it?
:10:32. > :10:35.That's right. It was heard without a jury. It was a trial of fact because
:10:36. > :10:40.Sheila Sampford pleaded guilty to her husband 's murder last month.
:10:41. > :10:46.The judge described her evidence today as unconvincing. She `` the
:10:47. > :10:50.judge did not agree that Mr Sampford wanted to die or that he had asked
:10:51. > :10:54.his wife to kill him or that she was acting out of compassion but that
:10:55. > :10:59.she snapped under immense pressure. She was jailed for a minimum term of
:11:00. > :11:06.nine years so she will not be eligible for parole until she was 84
:11:07. > :11:09.`` she is 84. The judge said she had denied family members the chance to
:11:10. > :11:13.say goodbye to Mr Sampford. Next tonight, a family's anger at
:11:14. > :11:16.the way their father was allowed to die. Bob Goold, who was from
:11:17. > :11:18.Stevenage, was put on the so`called Liverpool pathway after being
:11:19. > :11:21.admitted to Addenbrooke's Hospital. The pathway is designed to provide
:11:22. > :11:25.palliative care for patients in their last few days. But his family
:11:26. > :11:28.say they didn't give permission Today, though, a coroner ruled the
:11:29. > :11:39.hospital had provided "appropriate relief". Louise Hubball reports
:11:40. > :11:45.Bob Goold died last February. His family say his last week was without
:11:46. > :11:49.food, medication and oxygen and the treatment stopped without their
:11:50. > :11:53.permission. But today a coroner ruled ending the treatment was
:11:54. > :11:58.considered to be in his best interests and up to his death he was
:11:59. > :12:04.provided with appropriate relief. What is your reaction to what the
:12:05. > :12:08.coroner said? Very disappointed Quite angry. We really believe he
:12:09. > :12:13.would have come out of hospital had he been given the chance. And we
:12:14. > :12:19.don't think he was given that chance. Just the basics a human
:12:20. > :12:26.being needs to leave. Bob Goold an outsole must patient, fractured his
:12:27. > :12:33.skull at a fall. He arrived at Addenbrooke's Hospital. He was
:12:34. > :12:39.placed on the Liverpool pathway but he did not die until seven days
:12:40. > :12:42.later. This has been a long process for you and yesterday was the
:12:43. > :12:49.anniversary of his death. Have you been able to grieve? A normal family
:12:50. > :12:54.would see a loved one pass away You are not supposed to see a loved one
:12:55. > :12:59.pass away in the way he did. A year down the line, being none the wiser
:13:00. > :13:06.is so difficult. You said none of this will bring Bob back. What do
:13:07. > :13:10.you hope will come out of this? To prevent other families going through
:13:11. > :13:14.what we have had to go through for the last year. If families are not
:13:15. > :13:21.happy with what they see, asked the doctors and speak up. The coroner
:13:22. > :13:25.said the Liverpool pathway had been nationally discredited but that more
:13:26. > :13:30.recording making at the hospital and an explanation to the family might
:13:31. > :13:36.have avoided much of their distress. Addenbrooke's spokesperson said that
:13:37. > :13:39.although they recognise they could have had discussions, they could
:13:40. > :13:47.have communicated more effectively and they apologise for that and they
:13:48. > :13:52.have since changed their processes. Bob 's daughter is a nurse and noted
:13:53. > :13:57.that two much reliance may have been put on that when she was at his
:13:58. > :13:58.bedside as a daughter and not a doctor.
:13:59. > :14:03.Dozens of people from this region have gathered in London to protest
:14:04. > :14:08.on behalf of the bingo industry They say it's unfair that the game
:14:09. > :14:13.is taxed at 20%. The figure compares to 15% for bookmakers and 12% for
:14:14. > :14:17.lottery tickets. Bingo is big business here with 15 bingo halls
:14:18. > :14:19.across the east. This report is from our political correspondent, Andrew
:14:20. > :14:36.Sinclair. This is the Harlow bingo hall, one
:14:37. > :14:41.of the most popular in the country with 54,000 members. Even on a
:14:42. > :14:46.weekday night in February there are around 100 people in. It is a night
:14:47. > :14:52.out, isn't it? If you have a little when you have your money back. A big
:14:53. > :14:58.win, better still. I have been coming here for years. For us, it's
:14:59. > :15:10.a social night out. According to latest figures, there are 41 million
:15:11. > :15:12.visits to bingo halls every year compared with 23 million visits to a
:15:13. > :15:15.league football match on 93 million visits `` 19 million visits to a
:15:16. > :15:19.National trust Christ `` property. Membership has halved in the past
:15:20. > :15:28.few years, partly due to the smoking ban and also to the tax, say some.
:15:29. > :15:32.The bingo industry would like to build more modern state`of`the`art
:15:33. > :15:36.premises so we can attract more numbers. That is why bingo players
:15:37. > :15:41.from Harlow joined others from around the region today to
:15:42. > :15:47.demonstrate outside Parliament. A petition containing 300,000
:15:48. > :15:53.signatures was wheeled past number ten two legs 11, Downing Street The
:15:54. > :16:02.campaign led by Harlow's MP and many others. A lot of these people are
:16:03. > :16:07.elderly and they find a great deal of satisfaction and friendship. So
:16:08. > :16:13.it is important. If we can make them happier and more secure in their
:16:14. > :16:19.lives, I think that is named the government ought to pursue. Back in
:16:20. > :16:25.2009, Alistair Darling changed the way bingo is taxed. He said it would
:16:26. > :16:29.benefit the industry. It hasn't Ministers say they are sympathetic
:16:30. > :16:33.but with cutting the deficit a priority still and now with extra
:16:34. > :16:38.demands for more spending on flood defences, it is by no means clear
:16:39. > :16:44.whether the Chancellor will find the money. Cutting the tax would cost
:16:45. > :16:47.?20 million. Campaigners say it is a price paying.
:16:48. > :16:50.The Green party are calling for greater investment to improve the
:16:51. > :17:00.region's transport links. A meeting is being held tonight to discuss the
:17:01. > :17:04.future of children's centres. The council says the move would save
:17:05. > :17:06.just over ?1 million and resources could be spent spent on those most
:17:07. > :17:31.in need. All this week on Look East we're
:17:32. > :17:34.marking the centenary of the outbreak of the first world war
:17:35. > :17:39.Tonight, the bombardment of Lowestoft. It happened in the Spring
:17:40. > :18:04.of 1916 when the port was attacked from the sea by German destroyers.
:18:05. > :18:11.This was 1916 in Lowestoft after a pounding from the sea. 60 German
:18:12. > :18:17.shells struck in little more than ten minutes. Hard to imagine today.
:18:18. > :18:23.We knew it was a big naval gun and knew what was happening. We
:18:24. > :18:28.shouted, bombardment. This is an account of the attack written by his
:18:29. > :18:37.great`grandfather. One struck the gable end of a terrace of cottages.
:18:38. > :18:42.Alfred lived at 137 London Rd S And had a vantage point from this attic
:18:43. > :18:48.window. After this there was a lull so we went and saw the torpedo boat
:18:49. > :18:56.destroyers steaming north. It was the case of a wasp stinging a tiger.
:18:57. > :19:00.It must have been horrendous, the noise and the sense of isolation.
:19:01. > :19:04.They couldn't see or hear anyone else around them. The whole world
:19:05. > :19:10.must have sounded like it was falling apart and to some extent it
:19:11. > :19:14.was. The Germans wanted to disrupt the port and to try and draw the
:19:15. > :19:19.Navy into open warfare at sea. They were keen to support the Easter
:19:20. > :19:26.uprising by nationalist and up `` in Ireland. The idea being it might
:19:27. > :19:31.draw Army reserves to the east coast. Perhaps they thought there
:19:32. > :19:34.was an invasion so when the uprising began in Ireland, the reserves might
:19:35. > :19:40.have been on the wrong side of the country. That was their thinking. I
:19:41. > :19:47.met John at the town 's kitchen Centre opened in 1990. Around
:19:48. > :19:58.Lowestoft, there are other reminders of the conflict, like this memorial.
:19:59. > :20:03.James and Archibald white brothers created the tinned stew which was
:20:04. > :20:08.the rations for the stew. Produced from the family 's factory in
:20:09. > :20:11.Lowestoft, the rations became world famous but they weren't to
:20:12. > :20:17.everyone's taste. There is one phrase from World War I which says,
:20:18. > :20:23.warm they were edible, cold they were a man killer.
:20:24. > :20:29.100 years are, they are desperate to document the role played by the
:20:30. > :20:36.brothers. It is such a key piece in this town 's jigsaw. This was the
:20:37. > :20:41.first time in Lowestoft in 1916 that British citizens had come under
:20:42. > :20:45.attack since the Norman conquest. It is hard to imagine how so much
:20:46. > :20:48.damage could have been caused and yet there is little trace of it
:20:49. > :20:53.today. It was a precursor of what was to
:20:54. > :20:59.come and what could have happened during the Cold War. It is hugely
:21:00. > :21:05.significant. It is important we remember it locally and nationally.
:21:06. > :21:08.Football and it is holding up at the top of the tables in league one and
:21:09. > :21:13.two and at the bottom. Good news last night also.
:21:14. > :21:22.Northampton 's fortunes needed to change if they are to stay in the
:21:23. > :21:25.football league. They were in fact inside ten minutes to settle some
:21:26. > :21:33.early nerves but found themselves level ten minutes later. It was this
:21:34. > :21:39.strike that was enough to move them off the foot of the table for the
:21:40. > :21:45.first time in 2014. Safety is five points away though. The tackles the
:21:46. > :21:50.chasing back, the defending is what we needed to do and we did that
:21:51. > :21:54.really well over my time here. It was first class and gave us the
:21:55. > :21:58.opportunity to get on the ball and try and counter from there.
:21:59. > :22:02.In league one, Stevenage remained at the foot of the table but there were
:22:03. > :22:10.`` there was progress as it took them five minutes to score. This was
:22:11. > :22:16.a great solo effort. The nerves grew as they appeared close to an
:22:17. > :22:21.equaliser but they are four points from safety. Elsewhere, Colchester
:22:22. > :22:26.remain close to the danger `` sown after picking up nothing from their
:22:27. > :22:30.match. A penalty in the final few minutes sealed their fate. Near the
:22:31. > :22:35.top of the division there was better news for MK dons as they kept their
:22:36. > :22:36.slim hopes for promotion alive. Six points is the gap between them on
:22:37. > :22:47.the frontrunners. The RSPB has come up with a new way
:22:48. > :22:58.of bird`watching using a remote`controlled helicopter.
:22:59. > :23:02.happened. I looked out of the front window. I saw a lot of activity the
:23:03. > :23:06.helicopter, a lot of boats. I thought it was a training exercise.
:23:07. > :23:12.And then I heard a little bit later that someone had gone off the ferry.
:23:13. > :23:15.It is still only nine hours since this happened so there is still a
:23:16. > :23:21.lot more information to come out to explain why this happened. This is a
:23:22. > :23:25.strong seafaring community. As someone said to me a short while
:23:26. > :23:26.ago, whatever the wise and wherefores, this is a tragedy. This
:23:27. > :23:43.is the loss of two lives. Today, thereby great images of the
:23:44. > :23:50.farm in Cambridge. They have also trialled the use of a camera at
:23:51. > :23:55.night to try and spot the corncrake. They hang around in tall and dense
:23:56. > :24:01.vegetation so it is difficult for us to count them. We are trying to use
:24:02. > :24:06.a thermal imaging camera mounted on this at night to pick up the heat
:24:07. > :24:12.signatures that these birds in it. It isn't the RSPB's only new toy.
:24:13. > :24:18.They want to know more about how girls relaxed to structures like
:24:19. > :24:24.wind turbines and oil rigs so they plan to strap this device to some
:24:25. > :24:32.lesser black backed goals. At the moment we know very little as to how
:24:33. > :24:34.they respond. You will put that on the back of a bird? Yes. It is
:24:35. > :24:46.unbelievable! They admit it is still early days,
:24:47. > :24:51.but if this works as well as they hope, we should be able to find out
:24:52. > :24:59.much more about those hard to reach mammals and birds.
:25:00. > :25:05.Clear skies there but will they continue.
:25:06. > :25:15.Good evening. We have some changes on the way. It is this weather front
:25:16. > :25:18.over the Atlantic that will bring some rain tonight. It looks as
:25:19. > :25:23.though the evening will be mostly fine with clear spells to start
:25:24. > :25:28.with. Increasing amounts of cloud to start with and a freshening breeze
:25:29. > :25:33.will signal that a weather front is on the way bringing pulses of rain
:25:34. > :25:38.early tomorrow morning. Tomorrow, not the best start to the day. Some
:25:39. > :25:42.rain to clear first thing but sunshine is expected to come out in
:25:43. > :25:49.the afternoon. There will be some showers around which could be on the
:25:50. > :25:54.heavy side. The sunshine will come out and temperatures will climb to
:25:55. > :26:02.around tell Celsius in the sunshine. Quite a brisk westerly breeze. `` 10
:26:03. > :26:07.Celsius. Showers could be on the heavy side and they will keep going
:26:08. > :26:12.into the first part of the evening. A fairly complicated weather picture
:26:13. > :26:16.for the end of the week. Thursday night and into Friday morning an
:26:17. > :26:21.area of low pressure developing in the Atlantic looks as though it will
:26:22. > :26:26.move in. It looks as though it will bring heavy rain and strong winds
:26:27. > :26:31.and there may well be something wintry, perhaps sleep when you wake
:26:32. > :26:38.up on Friday morning. It looks as though Friday will be colder with
:26:39. > :26:45.strong winds. You will be interested to know the temperatures overnight,
:26:46. > :26:50.particularly for Friday and Saturday which will be cold enough for a
:26:51. > :26:57.touch of frost in places and made that `` drop to below freezing in
:26:58. > :27:02.places. Some sunshine in between the showers but a cool forecast for
:27:03. > :27:06.Saturday and windy. And improving picture on Sunday. The sun will come
:27:07. > :27:09.out and it stays fairly settled until we get overnight on Sunday
:27:10. > :27:12.when more rain will move in.