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Stephen Menheniott : ウィキペディア英語版 | Stephen Menheniott
Stephen Richard Menheniott (4 June 1957 – January 1976) was an 18-year-old English man with learning difficulties who was murdered by his father on the Isles of Scilly in 1976. This case was significant as not only was it a rare example of a murder on the islands, but it also called into question the way Stephen was dealt with by social services and led to questions in Parliament and an inquiry. ==Family== William Thomas (Tom) Menheniott〔"Menheniott appeal", ''The Times'', 3 February 1978〕 was born in Cornwall on 26 February 1924. His mother died when he was three months old and his father was apparently blind, so he and his brother George, who was three years older, were brought up in a children's home administered by the Public Assistance Committee. The regime was harsh and corporal punishment was often employed. At the age of fourteen, George ran away and, after working on a farm for a while, enlisted in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.〔DHSS Report, p.9〕 When he reached the age of fourteen, Tom also ran away and joined the Army, where he qualified as a motor mechanic. In the 1940s he got married and had two children. A girl was born on 18 January 1948 and was taken into care by Cornwall County Council in infancy after Tom had been convicted of neglect, for which he was sent to prison. She was never reunited with her parents and was later fostered and attended a special school for children with learning difficulties. A boy was born on 7 February 1949. He too was taken into care and died from muscular dystrophy at the age of seventeen.〔 In about 1950, Tom separated from his wife and moved in with a woman called Elizabeth. She used the surname Menheniott, although they were never married. They had six children together (the last of which died in infancy), although Elizabeth appears to have already had six children.〔DHSS Report, p.26〕 A boy was born on 23 September 1950 and a girl on 14 July 1952. Both were taken into care by Cornwall County Council in 1953 and both Tom and Elizabeth were convicted and imprisoned for neglect. After their release they began to travel around the country. A second son was born in Kent on 7 January 1955 and was soon afterwards taken into care by Kent County Council due to the family having no suitable accommodation. Tom assaulted the NSPCC inspector who dealt with the case. A second daughter was born on 27 May 1956.〔DHSS Report, pp.9–10〕
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