A three year old who was murdered by his carers was living in a private fostering type arrangement because his mother was "struggling to cope", according to reports in The Daily Mail.
Ryan Lovell-Hancox suffered 54 separate injuries at the hands of his 19 year old carer and her boyfriend after his mother asked the pair to look after the toddler, for a weekly payment, in the run up to Christmas 2008.
The news comes just weeks after BAAF's private fostering campaign highlighted how many "invisible" children could be being privately fostered - like Ryan and Victoria Climbie - without anyone but their parents and carers knowing.
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