Baby P's social workers were sacked to get Haringey Council "off the hook" and satisfy demand for retribution during the second trial of Peter Connelly's mother, it was claimed today.

Maria Ward and Gillian Christou are claiming unfair dismissal at an employment tribunal.

Their solicitor, Nick Toms, accused the council's assistant chief executive Stuart Young, who led the investigation, of "giving what was demanded by the media to get Haringey Council off the hook which was the heads of Maria Ward and Gillian Christou," The Daily Telegraph reports.

Meanwhile The Sun has finally picked up on the role lawyers played in the Peter Connelly case.

One of the reasons given for Ward's and Christou's dismissal was that they failed to tell lawyers that Peter's mother had breached the conditions of a child protection plan.

The hearing continues.

Read the complete post at http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/social-work-blog/2010/09/baby-ps-social-workers-sacked.html