A council which failed Victoria Climbie and Peter Connelly apologises for not protecting a toddler who had 50 bruises on his body.
Peter Connelly was also failed by child protection officials in Haringey
Haringey Council has apologised for failing to prevent a toddler from suffering horrific abuse before he was finally taken into care.
The boy - named as Child T - was found to have 50 bruises on his body at one stage and spoke of being hit with a belt and stick.
Haringey Council has previously been heavily criticised over the deaths of Peter Connelly, also known as Baby P, and Victoria Climbie.
A serious case review now accuses it of "confusion" and "lacking focus" over the latest case.
Child T was the subject of two investigations in 2010 and 2011 after suffering "extensive injuries", according to the review.
His half-sister also told authorities she was sometimes abused.
But on both occasions Child T was returned from hospital back to his family, where the abuse continued.
The first injuries took place in summer 2010 when he was taken to London's North Middlesex Hospital with bruising around the eyes, forehead and nose.
Mr C - his mother's partner - told authorities the child often ran around the house and "bangs and hits himself on the wall".
When police and social services later visited the child's home, the man claimed the boy bruised very easily.
Despite a paediatrician expressing "strong concern" he was being beaten, police found no cause for concern at the house and stopped investigating.
Two more sets of injuries were discovered in February 2011 when officers were called to the house over claims of domestic violence.
Child T was found badly bruised and his mother's partner - who also had a heroin problem - was arrested.
The child had more than 50 bruises on his body, and the little boy told a doctor he had been beaten with a belt and stick.
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