§ MR. DAVITT (Mayo, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in the case of a child, five years old, who was outraged and murdered near Barking a few weeks ago, any steps have been taken to aid the local police authorities to trace the murderer; whether outrages of this horrible character are on the increase; and if any special attention is being given to the matter by the Home Office?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENTThe case occurred within the Metropolitan Police District, and from the moment of its discovery has received all the attention which the resources of the Criminal Investigation Department can afford. The victim was not outraged, and the actual cause of death was drowning. Crimes of the nature alluded to are, happily, rare, and are not, I am glad to say, on the increase in the metropolis, or, I believe, elsewhere.