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17:51 GMT, Monday, 17 November 2008

In pictures: Baby P's short life

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Baby P's mother was arrested in December 2006, when he was nine months old, after a GP saw bruises on the boy's face. After five weeks in the care of a family friend, he is returned home.

Baby P

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The baby is twice admitted to hospital with facial injuries, in April and May 2007, and his mother is re-arrested.

Bloodstained shirt

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In August 2007, police tell the 27-year-old mother that the Crown Prosecution Service has assessed her case and that she will not be prosecuted.

Bloodstained T-shirt

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A day later, Baby P is found dead in his cot. Investigating officers found the toddler's clothes stained with blood.

Graphic showing Baby P's injuries

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As two men went on trial accused of causing Baby P's death, graphics of some of his 50 injuries are shown to the jury. These included a broken back, cracked ribs and numerous cuts and bruises.

Bloodstained clothing

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On 11 November this year, the 32-year-old boyfriend of Baby P's mother is found guilty of causing his death, along with Jason Owen, 36, from Bromley. The boy's mother had already admitted the charge.

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Police who searched the house said it was 'disgusting' with dog mess and human faeces on the floor and rat holes burrowed into the walls.

Baby P

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On 13 November the Children's Minister Ed Balls ordered an inquiry into the role of the local authority, the health authority and the police in the case of Baby P.

Bloodstained jeans

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BBC's Panorama reveals that social services in Haringey were split over whether the boy should have gone back to his mother after his injuries were discovered.

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