not sure if the same rules and policies apply for the child protection laws in Britain as they do in USA....but I am guessing there is the trespassing of "private family matters" involved? And if the father threatened to kill them if they did not cooperate...well, I would imagine that they would have been very reluctant to even mention anything about the mistreatments...
anyways...gawd damn that is just wrong~ any news on what will happen/happened on the criminal?