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There was further confusion at the Victoria Climbie inquiry last week when it was revealed that late submissions by the NSPCC included two different ``original`` versions of a photocopy relating to Victoria’s case directing different courses of action, writes Lauren Revans.

Although both documents were dated August 23 1999, one stipulated "no further action" while the other stated "accepted for on-going service". The photocopy initially submitted also stated "accepted for on-going service".

The NSPCC was responsible for the management of the Tottenham Children and Family centre to which Victoria’s case was referred on August 5 1999. The centre was a partnership between Haringey council, Haringey Health Authority, and the children’s charity.

Lord Laming, the Victoria Climbie inquiry chairperson, promised last week to take allegations that the NSPCC had interfered with its evidence to the inquiry "very seriously".

* Meanwhile, the NSPCC employee suspended for sending a "confidential" e-mail to Community Care has been sacked for gross misconduct.

Social worker John Power, who was also a union representative for the British Union of Social Work Employees, was suspended in November 2001 on charges of breaching the trust and confidence of the NSPCC for forwarding the contents of an intranet chat site regarding redundancies.

At Power’s hearing last week, the NSPCC argued that it owned the information on the chat site, and that the chat site did not have the "tick logo" for public disclosure, and was therefore considered confidential internal information.

Power told the hearing that he had been acting in the best interests of others in his capacity of union representative, and in the light of the charity’s consistent denial of the widespread disillusionment within the society. He said his intent was not to harm the NSPCC, but to share concerns over realignment.