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Parents say son 'failed by state' before his death at hands of 14-year-old girl
The parents of a young man who was stabbed to death by a 14-year-old girl say their son was failed by the state.
Nimroy Hendricks, 24, was fatally stabbed in the chest in Crawley in October 2020. He knew his killer as he had met her mother months before his death.
An inquest has found opportunities were missed by both police and social workers when the girl was reported as missing in the hours before Nimroy was killed. The girl was known to the authorities from birth.
For legal reasons she can only be named as Child A. She had a long criminal record, a history of violence and was known to carry knives.
She pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility in 2021. Nimroy's parents blame a "catalogue of errors" by the authorities throughout the girl's troubled life and warn if the system does not change more people will be killed by violent children.
"I just wonder how much more will they wait on to see happen before they do something.
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