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Safeguarding services were warned tragic tot was at risk six months before his death

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A five-year-old boy found dead in Oldham on New Year’s Eve had been flagged as being at risk of neglect the previous summer, the M.E.N.

can reveal. Police had been alerted by a member of the public six months earlier amid concerns that Dylan Scanlon was not being properly looked after.

It is understood an officer then emailed Oldham’s multi-agency safeguarding hub, which includes social workers and other child protection experts, to highlight the concern.

While an official at the hub did reply, it is unclear what, if any, action was then taken by either agency in the months that then elapsed before Dylan's death.

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