How tragic Bronson Battersby’s heartbreaking closing fortnight unfolded
A toddler was tragically discovered curled up at the hours of darkness on the knees of his lifeless father weeks after his mom final noticed him alive at Christmas.
The physique of two-year-old Bronson Battersby was discovered within the Skegness dwelling of his dad Kenneth on January 9 after days of makes an attempt to contact them by involved social providers.
The little one – who was classed as susceptible and was being checked on weekly – was present in his pyjamas at the hours of darkness alongside the household’s emaciated pet boxer canine Skylar who survived.
The tragic discovery got here every week after a social employee first raised an alarm concerning the pair to police after being unable to contact Kenneth at an organized assembly on January 2.
A neighbour had seen Kenneth and Bronson on Boxing Day, days after the kid’s mom Sarah Piesse final noticed her son alive earlier than Christmas.
But 60-year-old Kenneth is believed to have succumbed to a coronary heart assault earlier than New Year together with his son tragically passing away days later because of hunger and dehydration.
Two-year-old Bronson Battersby starved to dying subsequent to his lifeless father after he suffered a coronary heart assault, his devastated household has revealed
Bronson was discovered curled up in his pyjamas subsequent to his father Kenneth (pictured), 60, who’s believed to have suffered a coronary heart assault shortly after he was final seen alive on Boxing Day
Now a timeline has revealed the tragic closing weeks of Bronson’s life:
- Before Christmas – Bronson’s mom Sarah Piesse sees him alive for the final time and argues with the boy’s father Kenneth Battersby.
- Boxing Day – A neighbour goes to see Kenneth and Bronson at their dwelling in Skegness.
- December 27 – Sixty-year-old Kenneth messages the neighbour to thank her for checking in on them. He additionally receives a textual content from a social employee arranging a go to on January 2.
- December 29 – The earliest date Kenneth may have died based mostly on the outcomes of a autopsy.
- January 2 – The social employee arrives on the home however will get no reply when knocking on the door. She contacts the police.
- January 4 – The social employee returns to Kenneth’s Skegness dwelling and once more receives no reply, She as soon as once more contacts the police.
- January 9 – The social employee, utilizing a key from Kenneth’s landlord, will get into his dwelling. She finds the our bodies of Bronson and his father.
- January 16 – Family get the outcomes of a autopsy displaying Kenneth died of a coronary heart assault and Bronson from dehydration and hunger.
Heartbroken household and pals have paid tribute to the pair who had been solely discovered when the social employee, who had contacted police twice within the area of every week with considerations about them, used the important thing of Kenneth’s landlord to achieve entry.
They had visited Kenneth’s dwelling in Skegness, Lincolnshire on January 2, for a routine go to however acquired no reply, and after failing to seek out them by means of pals contacted the police.
They visited once more on January 4 however once more there was no response from them. The social employee contacted the police once more that day.
They would contact police a 3rd and closing time after discovering the our bodies of the pair on January 9.
The toddler’s mom, Sarah Piesse, 43, final noticed her son earlier than Christmas after a row along with her ex and when she noticed him subsequent she was tragically unable to carry him as she recognized his physique as ‘he had been left there too lengthy’.
Ms Piesse informed The Sun: ‘If social providers had executed their job Bronson would nonetheless be alive.
‘I am unable to imagine it. They cannot allow them to get away with this. We have to have the ability to depend on social staff to maintain our youngsters protected.’
Bronson’s mom Sarah Piesse (pictured), 43, stated she thought Bronson could be alive ‘if social providers had executed their job’
Sarah final noticed Bronson after stepping into an argument with Kenneth earlier than Christmas
‘I’ve had the outcomes of the submit mortem. Bronson starved to dying as a result of his dad died. They assume Kenneth died no sooner than December 29.
‘It means if the social employee had pushed to get in when she bought no reply on January 2 then Bronson would nonetheless have been alive.’
On Facebook, Bronson’s sister Melaniie Battersby wrote: ‘Beautiful little boy deserved so significantly better than this life. We love you Bronson, ceaselessly part of us, and ceaselessly my child brother.’
Adding her ‘head and coronary heart’ had been ‘in items’, she stated: ‘Quite a lot of anger inside at minute once I simply need to bear in mind his little smile and delicate nature as an alternative. He had been good.’
Mother-of-three Sarah final noticed Bronson after stepping into an argument with Kenneth earlier than Christmas.
A buddy of the household stated the toddler loved watching the Cocomelon, adored nursery rhymes and sometimes performed his Little Tykes drum equipment.
They added that it was horrible to assume that the ‘beautiful’ boy who was ‘all the time smiling and so loving’ had been ‘left at the hours of darkness and will need to have been terrified and so confused’.
Bronson was final seen alive by his neighbour after they visited the home on Boxing Day. Kenneth then messaged the identical neighbour saying: ‘Thanks a lot for caring, it means the world to me and Bronson.’
That similar day, the social employee texted Kenneth to rearrange a go to on January 2.
She contacted the police when she didn’t obtain any reply throughout the go to and did the identical once more when she returned to the home on January 4.
The social employee then determined to enter the property herself on January 9 utilizing a key from the owner.
Kenneth and Bronson had been discovered lifeless at a property in Skegness (pictured) by a involved social employee
On Facebook, Bronson’s sister Melaniie Battersby wrote: ‘Beautiful little boy deserved so significantly better than this life. We love you Bronson, ceaselessly part of us, and ceaselessly my child brother’
She discovered the our bodies of Bronson and Kenneth and contacted police, who then rushed to the scene together with paramedics at round 3.25pm. The pair had been pronounced lifeless on the scene.
Kenneth was unemployed and had a pre-existing coronary heart situation which had brought on him to change into severely jaundiced is the months main as much as his dying.
Bronson was additionally labeled as susceptible by social providers that means that he acquired weekly visits from social staff.
The Sun stated it understands the social employee has voluntarily taken break day.
Heather Sandy, government director for kids’s providers, stated: ‘This was a tragic incident, and we’re supporting the household at this tough time.
‘We are finishing up a overview of the case alongside associate businesses to higher perceive the circumstances, and we await the outcomes of the coroner’s investigations as nicely.
‘Our ideas are with the household and pals of these concerned.’
A spokeswoman for Lincolnshire Police stated: ‘Police had been made conscious of the deaths of a 60-year-old man and a two-year-old little one at a property in Skegness, at round 3.25pm on January 9.
‘Investigations have been carried out and the deaths aren’t being handled as suspicious.’
MailOnline has contacted Lincolnshire Police for additional remark.
