Dr Peter Barker, a lecturer in the German department at Reading University said Germany was in fact trying to deal with similar problems as those detailed in the article.

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Owen, his brother Steven Barker and Peter's mother Tracey Connelly were jailed following Peter's death in 2007.

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Peter's mother Tracey Connelly, her boyfriend Steven Barker and Barker's brother Jason Owen were all jailed for their part in Baby Peter's death.

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Alan Ayckbourn wrote for Hark at Barker under the name of Peter Caulfield because he was employed as a BBC radio drama producer at the time and was not supposed to work elsewhere.

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Peter's mother, her boyfriend Steven Barker and his brother Jason Owen were jailed last year for causing or allowing his death.

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Peter's mother Tracey Connelly, her boyfriend Steven Barker, and his brother Jason Owen were jailed in May 2009 for causing or allowing the child's death.

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Connelly, Barker and Owen received minimum prison terms of five, 12 and three years respectively for causing or allowing Peter's death in December 2008.

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