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Dad injected two toddlers with heroin to 'get them to sleep'

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Two toddlers were injected with heroin by their dad to 'get them to sleep', a report has revealed. The children - and their two older siblings - were found to have suffered 'chronic neglect' at the hands of their parents over a long period of time.

And failings were identified in the way the situation went on to be handled by social services. The harrowing case emerged as part of a now-published Child Safeguarding Practice Review involving several agencies including Lancashire County Council and Lancashire Police.

The reviews used to be called Serious Case Reviews. READ MORE: The precise location involved - or the names of any child involved - have not been published, reports the Liverpool Echo.

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