Episode 17: The Murder Of Tashaun Aird

In this episode we're going to explore the learning that's come from a recent serious case review, touching the death of Tashaun Aird, a 15-year-old boy from London, who died as a result of being stabbed whilst in the street.

 Tashaun, who we will refer to as CHILD C -  had been permanently excluded from school and three months before its death had been seriously injured in another stabbing incident.

Prior to his death, there had been a notable increase in police contacts and concerns about deteriorating behaviour and escalating risk.

Child C was going missing and local intelligence suggested that he was being criminally exploited and was possibly involved in county lines.

On the 19th of December 2019 a 16-year-old boy was found guilty of his murder at the Old Bailey in London. A 16-year-old boy and an 18-year-old male were both convicted of manslaughter and a fourth suspect, a boy aged 16 died in custody prior to trial. after becoming a well.

The series case review that we're going to explore in this episode, makes nine findings and 15 recommendations for practice improvement.

 In this episode, we're going to look through the summary of those findings and see what learning put into our own practice, for when it comes to supporting children at risk of permanent exclusion from a mainstream school.