OCC v R & H

Ms Cox, Counsel, for OCC Ms Raybould, Solicitor, for the First Respondent Mother KH, Second Respondent Father in person Mr Trueman, Solicitor, for the Third Respondent K acting through her Children's Guardian ____________________

I am dealing with applications for care and placement orders in respect of K who is now aged 5 months. Her mother is FR and her father is KH, also known as KL. These proceedings commenced with an application for an ex parte EPO on 17 th August 2016. An ICO was granted on 25 th September 2016 and remains in place.

Various associates attended the hospital to see FR. Dr Yousif saw her with a man who he felt was suspicious and controlling of her. He also noted concerns about FR's care of K at the hospital.

After the EPO was initially granted, K moved into foster care and has remained there since. After that initial EPO, which was subsequently extended at a later on notice hearing, it became apparent that FR was known to Slough Children's Services Trust who had initiated child protection procedures after receiving reports of domestic abuse between the parents.

The Local Authority in these proceedings had initially proposed sourcing an expert on honour based violence issues as both parents claimed that they were at risk from their respective families. Subsequently it became clear that this was not in fact a risk as FR denied that she had said it, merely that her family were likely to disapprove of the relationship. KH is also the father of 7 children with a white woman, SM. He is also not of Pakistani heritage as he had claimed and his birth name was KL.