Peter Connelly at 14 months.
Sometime ago I expressed the wish and intention of setting up a memorial of some kind that would allow members of the public to post their thoughts, feelings and messages to the spirit of little Peter Connelly who died so tragically, and before he ever got the chance to grow and discover that there was more to life than pain and tears.
He lived, he laughed (we hope), he suffered and he died, but most of all he mattered. This page, unfortunately, will expand because from this point on I will record the names of all those children who will, in time, follow in little Peters wake, that is the ultimate tragedy, and will remain so until our governments start looking after our most vulnerable children…and until every single parent realises the irreplaceable value of our precious children. This little ‘garden’, named in honour of Peter, is for all of them.
Please feel free to express your feelings here, just remember to keep it nice…children are listening.
Peter Connelly – Born: 1st March 2006, London UK – Died: 3 August 2007, London UK. Cause: Prolonged Abuse/Murder (mother and two males). Age – 17 months.
Dean Shillingsworth – 25 Feb 2005 Blacktown, NSW, Australia – 11 Oct 2007 Ambarvale, NSW, Australia. Cause: Murder (mother). Age – 2 years old.
John Erik Ashfield – 1987 – 5th August 1993, Nowra NSW, Australia, Cause: Prolonged assault/Murder (mother and boyfriend). Age – six years old.
Millie Martin – 5 September 2008 – 11 Dec 2009 Enniskillen Northern Ireland,UK. Cause: Assault/Murder (mother’s boyfriend). Age – 15 months.
Violet Mullen – 2008 – 12th January 2010, Huddersfield Rd Oldham, England UK. Aged 15 months. Cause: Murder (mother and boyfriend)
Kyra Ishaq – 2001- May 2008, Leyton Road, Handsworth, Birmingham. Cause: Starvation, dehydration, physical abuse by mother Angela Gordon and stepfather Jumaid Abuhamza. Age – 7 years old.
Joshua Jones – 2006 – 06/11/2008, Runcorn, Cheshire. Cause: prolonged child abuse/beaten to death by Wayne Davenport (mother’s boyfriend). Aged 2 years.
Ryan Lovell-Hancox – 25/10/2005 – 24/12/2008, Wolverhampton Hospital. Cause: physical abuse/murder. Age – 3 years old.
Alfie Goddard – March 2008 – May 2008, Sheffield Children’s Hospital. Cause: abuse/murder (shaken and thrown to the ground by father Craig Goddard). Age – 3 months.
Amy Howson – 23/08/2006 – 23/12/2007, Nelson Road Doncaster. Cause: prolonged abuse/broken back inflicted by father James Howson. Age – 16 months.
Abbie Jamieson – October 2007 – 8/02/2008, Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, Scotland. Cause: child abuse/murder by father Craig Jamieson. Aged 4 months.
Sanam Navsarka – 2007 – 8/05/2009, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Cause: child abuse/multiple broken bones and internal injuries inflicted by mother Zahbeena Navsarka and stepfather Subhan Anwar. Aged 2 years.
Charlotte Avenall – 2001 – 12/09/2009, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Cause: accidental hanging/lack of parental care and supervision. Aged 8 years.
What a lovely tribute to this beautiful little boy. He does matter and he is so special. I dont understand it myself….the overwhelming emotion and feelings that this child and his tragic life bring about. We have all heard these awful stories before. There is something about Peter…his sweet little face, his wispy blonde hair, the look in his blue eyes,angelic….so contradictory to the dark and savage way in which he was treated. Not to mention the cavalier manner in which his case was handled.
I believe that little Peter is special and that his life had meaning. I would do anything to go back and save him, comfort, hold and love him. Unfortunatley, it is too late for that. I can only refuse to forget him and do my best to further the cause of other children like him. We owe it to Peter to fight for these innocent children. Through our words our actions and our votes.
Rest in sweet peace angel. You are loved.
Beautiful words for a beautiful angel.
The sweetest baby Peter, I love you, I wish I could have saved you, rest in peace and when my time comes I will find you in Heaven and give you lots of kisses and cuddles
Merry Christmas baby Peter. You are in my prayers today. I am making a donation to Smile Train in your memory
Merry Chistmas MY SPECIAL BOY!!!! I love you dearly and will never forget you!!! You have a special place in my heart forever!!!! You are with God our Father now but I miss you like mad!!!! Love you!!
Merry Xmas to all you little angels – have fun up there!
Happy Birthday beautiful boy.
Happy Birthday angel .
Its a shame that this is the only way this beautiful little boy will be remember. WE need to protect our children and make sure another child does not suffer, all children are suppose to be loved. Rest in Peace Peter and play with the angels
I read this story time and time again as I am so distraught that this could actually happen to a baby . I know have a baby boy of my own and am reminded every day to always cherish every waking moment with him and to love him every day. I will never understand nor do I every want to understand what could possess a mother to let someone hurt her own child..it’s crazy and she should be punished..an eye for a eye is what i believe in!!!
Eleven children killed by abuse in the UK in just two years who are already listed here. What does this say about us?
Rest in Peace sweet lil angel.
I love you sweet Peter, beautiful baby boy. I would rock you tightly, safely in my arms, shower you with hugs and kisses. May God himself have been right with you consoling you, keeping the pain away. I hope you had some good times. But you are safe now, you have all the love you deserved all along. Your story had affected me so much. I just know you are happy now someone in New Jersey loves you.
It is three years today since Peter was murdered and I am sure that I am not alone in remembering a little boy that I never knew but desperately wish I could have saved. I wonder how his mother feels today or is she just too damaged to comprehend the tragedy of his death and her part in it. He was such a special little boy and how sad it is that in death he should have captured the hearts of so many people and yet in his short life he endured so much suffering and fear.I know that I and many others will never forget him. Rest in peace Peter.
Rest in peace sweet angel. Im thinking of you on this day and every day
You are loved.
Myself and friends in our community created a small but sincere tribute to little angel Peter Connelly [Baby Peter] that we ask you to visit at http://our-own-justice.blogspot.com
Through research on the subject of child abuse we have found an incredible amount of information that we studied with care and attention. Our conclusion is that no government is going to help save children. We will have to do it ourselfs. Our address is our-own-justice@mail.com
The torture and murder of Peter Connelly [Baby Peter]
New findings suggest that the horrific death of Peter Connelly [Baby Peter] after at least six months of savage and cruel torture that lasted for hours daily could have been deliberately allowed in connection with a plan to justify demands for increase spending on social services by the government.
In an interview Journalist Brian Gerrish told Edge Media that during an investigation of the case to find out what exactly transpired at the house throughout the torture months until Peter’s death, some elements had appeared suggesting that case workers and other officials knew what he was going through and the danger he was in, but did nothing deliberately during the sixty times they were at the house for inspections. The findings prompted a motion to police officials for a thorough review of the case but they refused to re-open the case or cooperate. During the interview Mr. Gerrish also spoke about the dependence of social service officials on the police to execute decisions made at higher administrative levels in the interest of established policies and not necessarily in the interest of children. The police were present different times at the house during the months Peter was suffering torture. The police have become the armed force of social services to assure that illegal actions by social workers against parents and children are executed effectively. This have been demonstrated in many cases where social workers seized [stole] children from parents at their own home illegally alleging non-existing reasons or lies to justify taken [stealing] the children, in compliance with policies that have not been made publicly official but are now a common practice. Mr. Gerrish said that the investigation into the tragic death of Peter Connelly will continue until it becomes clear why officials did nothing to save Peter from his horrific death. Our address is: our-own-justice@post.com
http://our-own-justice.blogspot.com
having watched the story , again , after 6 months . I look at it now without the utter shock and horror of the first time , it made me ill .
it still makes me shudder , what happened to that precious child , but now i want reprisal for him .
Why in this day of eternal retribution , when everyone has to pay their dues are his pathetic murderers still alive .
if i was offered the chance to give them lethal injection i gladly would , they are evil and deserve to die .
I have said my piece . hope you are with the angels Peter , god bless .
it was only this april 2010 that i come across his story & since that day i do not understand the kind of attachment i have for this angel Peter. in a way i am angry on how he was treated by the people who should be giving him love, caring & patience. i have a child almost the same age as Peter he is 14 months & there are times my child can be cranky & naughty but i cannot hurt him…& when my mom who takes care of him while i am at work gives him a spanking i get hurt as if my heart is being torn into pieces i do not understand why tracey connelly allowed that man to hurt her son…with the slicing of the fingertips–i cut my sons fingernails every weekends for hygienic purposes & keeping a child still is difficult & with steven barker doing the slicing of the fingertips & pulling of fingernails of the baby i picture it so horrific—i really feel pity towards this little boy & as a mother i want to impart to him love—i really wish there is a god & i wish he is with peter to take care of him —-rest in peace my angel peter…
Thankyou for your kind sentiments but I must question why you allow your 14 month old baby to be spanked…? if your mother is your primary carer for your child in your absence I suggest you have a word with her – babies of 14 months should not be spanked, he is only a baby, how can a baby be naughty…?
it is just a slight spank but even if i know it doesn’t hurt him that much i still cry over it & would ask my mom not to do that because as you’ve mentioned he is just a baby he doesn’t know what is right & what is wrong…but let correct i do not tolerant that since i am very aware of child violence.. my baby has a habit of hitting people with whatever is in his little hands of his or he even hits people with his own hands & would blurt out a giggle…he is very interested on electric sockets, he would go & reach cans & if he cannot reach it he would shake shelves (make shift ones) until all the contents falls down…he would roll over & make the cartwheel position (& believe me my heart would literally pound like a motorcycle on a highway) my son is very playful & very active….
Time to baby-safe the house because when he starts walking…
When my boys were small I had nothing on shelves that they could reach, in fact I didn’t get furniture like bookshelves until they were older. No coffee tables in the middle of the floor, nothing with sharp edges. Stairs were barricaded and I covered the light sockets with those safety socket covers – you can buy them easily in the shops very cheaply so get some asap. My house was very basic back then and I guess it will all happen again when I become a granny
I cannot get you out of my head dear baby peter, I think about your sweet little angelic face every day, and mostly every night when I tuck my baby boy in bed and kiss him goodnight…I always wonder if you ever got any goodnight kisses In your short life, god how I wish I could have been your Mommy little darling boy!!!!!!
Just voicing my opinion on a comment I read above, I do realize that this is for a memorial for the sweet blue eyed baby p but I thought I could give my ideas on the matter…. first I would not call a child of that age naughty, nor would I spank them or allow anyone else to spank them!!! Children of that age are just exploring their surroundings and checking out their boundaries, they haven’t a clue they are doing anything wrong, so therefore how can you even remotely decide that they deserve a punishment for something that they don’t even realize is wrong????? I too have a little one, he slaps, occasionally bites…and is constantly into everything in sight but I use the method of distraction..because their attention span is so short at this age it’s much easier taking them out of whatever thing they are into, and either playing with them, or giving them another toy rather then telling them to stop, or no. As for the slapping thing, I always tell my little guy “that is not nice to slap, it hurts mommy” when you are telling him this it’s important not to smile, he needs to know you are serious. These methods seem to be working for us, remember every child goes through this stage at one time or another
most of all always remember that we are all our children have in life in the beginning, so make them feel loved unconditionally and hug and kiss them every chance you get!!! Baby Peter in heaven, I feel love for you like you are my own baby boy, and you’ve touched my heart in a way that it will never be the same; we printed off a picture of you little boy and we have it hanging on our wall, you should have been all along babe but you are loved now my sweet!! Have fun flying with the angels.
Rachel, your little boy is lucky to have you as a mommy. It is so sad that baby Peter is so loved by so many of us and yet he was not blessed with any of us as his mommy. I did not like my little boy climbing into my bed at night until I read this story about baby Peter who was so alone and so hurt, with no mommy to hold him and protect him. Now I take my baby boy into bed with me and cuddle him tight against me because you never know which cuddle will be your last. Doing this has made me realise how much I adore him and how important it is for mothers to hold their children as much as possible. When I hold my son close to me I also feel as though I am holding little Peter as well, I wish I could have saved him.