Dad's fears his boy will be a killer; HEALTH.THE adopted father of a mentally ill 10-year-old boy yesterday made the stark prediction that the child could become a killer. The boy was taken in by the Darlington family, who asked not to be identified, as an abused toddler. But he was put in care in January after attacks against his adopted family. He stabbed the dad, tried to strangle Strangle An options strategy where the investor holds a position in both a call and put with different strike prices but with the same maturity and underlying asset. This option strategy is profitable only if there are large movements in the price of the underlying asset. the mum and left broken glass to cut their other children's feet. The father, 44, said: "He is absolutely capable of killing someone. Since he has been in care, he has tried to kill a four-year-old boy by strangling him." He wants social services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales to get the boy treated for an attachment disorder at·tach·ment disorder n. A behavioral disorder caused by the lack of an emotionally secure attachment to a caregiver in the first two years of life, characterized by an inability to form healthy relationships. . Health bosses said they were looking at the case. |
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