A SOCIAL worker admitted today that she ignored warnings that a two-year-old girl was being abused, one week before she was murdered by her mother's partner.
Sanam Navsarka, of Riddings Road, Deighton, died on May 8 2008 following weeks of appalling abuse in which she suffered more than 100 horrific injuries.
Subhan Anwar was jailed for a minimum of 23 years for her murder, while her mother, Zahbeena Navsarka, was jailed for nine years after being found guilty of her manslaughter.
Judyth Kenworthy, a former Family Placement Officer at Kirklees Council, admitted she failed to pass on warnings from a carer on May 1 2008 that Sanam was being physically abused, to her manager, a social worker allocated to the toddler's aunt, or the council's duty and assessment team.
At a General Social Care Council conduct hearing in central London, Ms Kenworthy also agreed that as a result of her actions no measures were taken to safeguard Sanam.
She also admitted withholding the information when she gave a statement to police.
Ms Kenworthy does deny an allegation that the carer warned her that Sanam had been locked in a cupboard.
The trial of Navsarka and Anwar at Bradford Crown Court in 2009 heard the little girl, who had fractures to all four limbs, died after fatty deposits from her broken thigh bones entered her bloodstream.
Sanam's tiny hand prints and bloodstains were found inside cupboards, where she had been put as a punishment.
A metal pole was used to shatter Sanam's leg and she was bruised and battered repeatedly in the four weeks before her death.
The judge told the pair: "Your deliberate cruelty is beyond belief."
