A drug-addict mother whose daughter was tortured, raped and murdered is planning to sue social workers for failing to take the girl away from her.Tia Rigg, 12, was lured to the home of her own uncle, John Maden, 38, on the pretext of babysitting for him.
Once there he drugged the youngster before torturing and abusing her, then stabbing her in the stomach and strangling her to death with a guitar string.
Now her mother Lynn Rigg, 34, who has a long history of drug addiction and has served two jail terms, says her daughter should have been protected from her addiction, feckless behaviour and mental health problems.
The mother of seven children by four fathers has hired personal injury lawyers and could sue social services for compensation.
A report published yesterday found a catalogue of ‘serious failings’ by social services bosses charged with caring for the girl.
A serious case review said social workers missed seven chances to help Tia, who had been placed on the ‘at risk’ register before she was even born.
The report stated that social workers could have intervened to protect her from the severe behavioural problems suffered by her mother, who had a history of heroin and crack cocaine addiction and a criminal record for robbery and assault. Read More
TRANSCRIPT OF THE CHILLINGLY CALM 999 CALL MADE BY MADEN
John Maden: 'Hi, I would like to report a murder.'
He is asked where it happened and gives his address and name, 'John Nigel Maden'.
Operator: 'Well what's happened there?'
Maden: 'My niece has been murdered by me.'
Operator: 'When has this happened?'
Maden: 'I have just finished killing her now.'
Operator: 'Why have you done that?'
Maden: 'Because I felt like it.'
He then gives her name as Tia Rigg and wrongly reports her age as 11. The call is cut off before being reconnected, with the operator asking for more details.
Maden: 'I am quite sure the officers that come to the house will be able to take all the details you need.'
Operator: 'How's it happened?'
Maden: 'I have used... with a knife and strangulation and that's it, bye.'
