Earlier this year, the mother of Victoria Climbie said that she felt betrayed as the lessons of her daughter's horrific death had failed to prevent other children dying in Britain.

Victoria was sent from the Ivory Coast to Europe by her parents to find a better life, but instead her great aunt starved her, beat her with coat hangers and bicycle chains, bound her naked and kept her prisoner in a freezing bathroom in a squalid flat in Haringey, east London.

When she died in February 2000 at the age of eight she weighed just 3st 10lb (24kg).

The tragedy led to a public inquiry and a major overhaul of child protection in Britain, but today Victoria’s mother, Berthe, said that the deaths of other children in similar circumstances showed that nothing had changed.

“I am still learning that other children are still dying," she said.

“We see the same sort of tragedies here as the things that happened to the little one.”

Marie-Therese Kouao, Victoria’s great aunt, and her lover Carl Manning were convicted of murder and child cruelty in January 2001 and jailed for life for the crime.

An inquiry into Victoria’s death, chaired by Lord Laming, reported five years ago that there were 12 missed chances to save the youngster, who was found with 128 separate injuries when she died. The inquiry report made more than 100 recommendations to the Government for reform.

Victoria’s mother thanked the Government for launching the investigation into her daughter’s death, and also said she had “forgiven” those whose mistakes led to the girl’s plight going unnoticed.

But she criticised local authorities for not fully implementing Lord Laming's recommendations, and said she felt “betrayed” by local government bosses when she heard about other children dying in care.

Mrs Climbie, who lives in Ivory Coast, is in the UK for the first time since the Laming report was published, to attend a conference organised by the Victoria Climbie foundation.

She said: “They gave their word, but they did not live up to the responsibility. I was betrayed. They gave me their words and I was betrayed.

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