THE dad of a toddler whose mother is wanted on suspicion of murder after the child was found dead fears justice will never be done.

Sarah Dahane’s body was found at her Bicester home last year – a day after her mum Angela Whitworth left the country. A murder investigation was launched and police named the 20-month-old’s mother as a suspect.

But the child’s father Nabil Dahane, 34, has told the Oxford Mail he is not sure his ex-wife will ever return to the UK to answer police questions. And he said only then would he be able to move on with his life.

He said: “It is just knowing that there is something still outstanding. It doesn’t feel right.

“That poor child needs justice as well.”

Mr Dahane said his daughter had died when he was close to winning an 18-month custody battle. And he said he felt let down his ex-wife had still not been brought back to the UK to speak to police.

He said: “I am frustrated about it all. It is annoying at the same time because so far nothing has been done. I feel a bit let down by everybody – the police, social services, everything.

“I cannot do anything.

“I have left this in the hands of the professionals and people that can do something – so far they still haven’t done anything.”

Thames Valley Police launched a murder investigation and named Ms Whitworth as a suspect after Sarah’s body was found at her Glory Farm home on May 16, 2013.

NHS support worker Mr Dahane said he had thought about his daughter every day since her death.

He said: “My life was just completely wrecked.

“I stayed off work for a whole year. I had never drank before and I started drinking. I had car accidents. I got into financial debt.

“It just changed my whole life.

“It is not something that is easy to overcome. It just stays with you.”

Mr Dahane, who met Ms Whitworth in Morocco in 2006, said he had been told by police how Sarah had died but he did not want to reveal how.

An Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children’s Board (OSCB) serious case review report, published last month, found the death was neither preventable or predictable.

But Mr Dahane, who lives on Banbury’s Ruscote estate, said he was not sure he agreed with the conclusion.

He said he called social services in December 2012 to raise concerns about Sarah but the call was not mentioned in the serious case review.

He also said he was not told about a 2012 report from a Northamptonshire landlord who said Ms Whitworth had left Sarah alone in her home.

He said: “There was not enough information sharing with social services.”

The father also denied Ms Whitworth’s claim that he had been abusive towards her.

OSCB spokesman Paul Smith said: “OSCB conducted a full, independent and comprehensive review of the role of all agencies in contact with this child/family.

“Representatives of the OSCB are happy to meet with the father to explain the conclusions reached in the report.

“The father did meet with an independent reviewer of the report prior to publication and the overall findings were provided to him.”

Police spokeswoman Hannah Williams said it was a “complex and challenging investigation” but after discussions with the Crown Prosecution Service the force was refusing to say how the case was progressing.

She added: “Sarah’s father continues to be supported and updated regularly by family liaison officers.”

TIMELINE

May 15, 2013 – Sarah Dahane’s mother Angela Whitworth leaves the UK
May 16, 2013 – Sarah Dahane is found dead at her home in Herald Way, Glory Farm, Bicester
May 21, 2013 – Police launch a murder investigation and name Sarah’s mother Angela Whitworth as a suspect
August 7, 2014 – Serious case review concludes Sarah’s death was neither preventable or predictable.

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