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Peter Connelly
March 1st, 2006 - August 3rd, 2007
Peter Connelly was born on 7lbs 11 ounces on March 1st in Haringey London.
June, 2006
Peters mother meets a new may at a pub
July 17th, 2006
Peters father leaves their home in Haringey
October 13th, 2006
Peter is taken to the General Practitioner with bruising to the side of his head. His mother said he fell.
Sometime between
November/December 2006
Peters mothers 32year old boyfriend moves into the home.
11th December 2006
Peter was taken to the hospital with a head injury, bruising to the bridge of the nose, sternum, right shoulder and buttocks. Peters mother said he fell off of his seat. Peters case is referred to Social Services.
15th December, 2006
Peter is released to his mothers friend Angela Godfreys care.
19th, December, 2006
Peters mother and grandmother are charged with child neglect and assault.
December 24th, 2006
Social Services made five-minute checks to Peter and the mothers friend.
January 26th, 2007
Peter is returned to his mothers care while she is still on bail for assaulting the child.
For the next couple of months Peter is visited time and time again by social workers who noted bruises and injuries on Peter.
What they didnt know was the torture that Peter was suffering from his stepfather. Torture his mother covered up.
Peters stepfather would slice off his stepsons fingertips with a knife and pull off his nails with pliers. Peter had been kicked with a shoe to his private parts and his windpipe had been pressed down so hard it turned blue.
Peters stepfather would also bite at the little boys head and to train his Rottweilers to attack.
At night instead of a loving hug and kiss before bed Peter picked up off the floor and thrown into his crib.
At night Id hear him crying and head butting the wooden bars on his cot. It went on for hours.
-An eye witness to Peters torture.
During the day Peters stepfather would play with Peter as if he was a rag doll, often throwing the little boy from 6ft onto the ground.
One day however a loud snap was heard throughout the home..
Peters stepfather had snapped his back into two.
August 1st 2007
Peter is examined but a full examination is not done because the doctor said he was miserable and cranky. She did however note bruises on him.
What the doctor did not know was Peter had broken ribs and a broken back paralysing him from the waist down.
The last ever taken picture of Peter should have been a happy, blue eyed little boy loved.
Instead it is of a scared child, whose face has been smeared with chocolate to hide his injuries.
August 3rd, 2007
Peter was crying in his cot because he had been in urine and feces for days. His stepfather came in and said Ill sort it.
He went into the room and slammed the door shut.
Then Peter went silent.
Peter had been punched so hard in his face he swallowed his bottom tooth. It was later found in his stomach.
August 3rd, 2007
11:35am
Peters mother calls for an ambulance .
Peter was found in a blood splattered cot.
Peter was taken to the hospital but He had already gone to Heaven.
An autopsy revealed Peter had severe cuts on his head caused by either a dog or human bite. He had bruises all over his body. Peter had bleeding on his spine with that was 48 hours old. He had blackened finger and toenails nails. One finger was missing a nail and the skin had been stripped.
He had eight broken ribs that were 1-2 weeks old. Skin was missing from the top of his tongue and lips caused by a blow. The skin between his upper lip and gum was torn and his tooth had been knocked out.
Peter was failed throughout his short life. Please remember him the next time you think a child is being abused. All children are precious and deserve a chance at life.
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BlackTree TV Producer and Personality Danai P. Mairaire sits down with Academy Award® Winner Jenifer Connelly to discuss her new movie The Day The Earth Stood Still.
Published December 11, 2008 i
By Fred Topel
The Day the Earth Stood Still Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly often tackles heavy dramatic subject matter in her films. When she does a more mainstream comic book or horror movie, she still brings her A game. So the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still benefits from her commitment.
Earth Stood Still for Jennifer Connelly
"I dont want to classify films into what is serious and what isnt," she said. "In terms of the way that I work, I cant say, 'Oh, Im doing this one for whatever superficial reason.' Everything I become involved in working on, Im so committed. Im so madly, compulsive, and obsessive about it. I approach it with the same seriousness, on everything."
Likewise, she did not take the decision to remake a classic lightly. "It had a great impact on me when I read the script. I thought that it was really powerful. I loved that it was a movie that was looking at how we treat each other, how we live on the earth, whether we do that responsibly. We have a tendency to be self-destructive. It just really struck me. I thought it was poignant and moving. It was a great combination of that in a film that was exciting, dramatic, thrilling, and suspenseful."
As Helen Benson, Connelly's character spends the film trying to convince Klaatu that humanity deserves a chance to change its ways. "It felt like a huge responsibility but I was happy. I think it was really clever what [director] Scott [Derrickson] did. Its not just Helen. Its not just on my shoulders in reality. I think that the relationship between Helen and Jacob is employed in a different way than it is in the original film. It really functions as a little microcosm of human nature and how we are treating each other. They're sort of in conflict and there's a bit of a crisis and then there's a sort of reconciliation. They each take responsibility and theres a move towards resolution and Klaatu observes this so there is that dynamic."
Helen doesn't take her job as spokeswoman for humanity lightly either. "I wanted people to be able to identify with her and I thought it was important that she herself be aware of the task and the enormity of that task and that position. So I liked that she has a moment with Barnhardt where she says, 'What do I do? Tell me what to do?' Shes aware what the stakes are and what shes found herself in. I liked about Patricia Neals character in the original that she is open-minded and she's very strong, free thinking individual. I thought that was important to carry over, that bravery and thought as qualities, to be human without prejudice, without bias was really essential, that she be able to communicate, and that you feel the depths of her love. I thought those were all really important things."
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