227 Days Of Terror: The Victoria Climbié Case
I Could Murder A Podcast
ICMAP LTD
4.7 • 700 Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2026
⏱️ 88 minutes
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She was eight years old. She had crossed an ocean in search of a better life. Instead, she was failed by every single adult who was supposed to protect her. In February 2000, Victoria Climbié died after months of unimaginable suffering at the hands of her great-aunt, Marie-Thérèse Kouao, and Kouao's partner, Carl Manning. She had been tortured, starved, and left to sleep in a bin bag in a freezing bath. What makes Victoria's story so devastating isn't just the cruelty of those who harmed her... it's the trail of missed opportunities. Social workers visited. Doctors examined her. A police child protection unit was involved. A church offered help. At every turn, the warning signs were there. At every turn, someone looked away. This is the story of Victoria Climbié. A little girl who deserved so much more.
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Presented by Tom Norris & Ben Carter
Written by Ben Carter
Produced by Dan J Lambert
Edited by Ben Bonsey
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| 0:18.6 | Behind the closed door of Flat 267 Somerset Gardens in North London, |
| 0:24.1 | an eight-year-old girl's life was discreetly unravelling |
| 0:26.8 | in ways that no child should ever even begin to endure. |
| 0:31.3 | Victoria Clembier, bright, fragile and completely trusting, |
| 0:36.3 | should have been safe. |
| 0:42.3 | She should have been supported, and she should have been protected. But what was happening inside that flat was anything but safe, |
| 0:46.3 | and the adults she depended on were slowly destroying her. |
| 0:51.3 | For months, potentially even more than a year, Victoria was routinely starved, beaten, |
| 0:57.0 | burned, humiliated and bound. And yet, all around her, the world seemed to look the other way. |
| 1:06.0 | Social workers knocked on doors, Doctors examined bruised limbs. |
| 1:11.8 | Neighbours heard cries. |
| 1:13.7 | The police became involved. |
| 1:15.6 | And still, no one stopped it. |
| 1:18.6 | Time and time again, opportunity to save the young girl |
| 1:21.7 | slipped through the fingers of those meant to protect her. |
| 1:25.7 | Victoria's suffering was not sudden. |
| 1:28.5 | It was drawn out, deliberate and cruel. |
| 1:32.7 | A slow-motion nightmare taking place right in the heart of a city that should have kept |
| 1:37.8 | her safe. |
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