Back in 2007, the nation was horrified to hear of the death of 17 month old Baby P, who suffered horrific abuse at the hands of his mother and her boyfriend.
In light of the inquest Sharon Shoesmith - head of Haringey children's services - was dismissed from her position due to public outcry that actions weren't taken to protect the tot from the tragic outcome, as warning signs were missed.
However, she was reportedly granted a hefty sum afterwards due to the 'unfair' nature of her dismissal.
But now Sharon has spoken out about the claims, revealing all to Good Morning Britain hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid.
When Piers asked her to clarify the reality behind rumour that she was handed £600,000 in compensation, she said:
"No I didn't get paid £600,000. I'm not allowed to say [how much] because of the legal agreements that are made but I can say I did not get anything like £600,000.”
Shoesmith appeared on the show promoting her new book - Learning from Baby P: The politics of blame, fear and denial - prompting Piers to ask how she plans on splurging the earnings from it.
She told him: “I haven't even thought about the money from the book. What I would say to you is when you do a PHD you contribute to knowledge and I would say to you my book contributes to knowledge about this whole issue of child homicide, it's more of an academic book, although it will have a wider readership.”
According to Amazon, Shoesmith's book is said to "undertake a critical and measured exploration of the events which took place in the aftermath. Drawing on psychosocial and psychoanalytic theory, she examines the social, cultural, historical and political influences in place when Peter Connelly died as a result of familial child homicide, " and "examines the deep complexity of public and professional responses to such horrifying cases."
The August 2016 release will "provide a meticulous account of the actions and events as they took place."
She told Piers and Susanna Reid:
"I haven't even thought about how much money the book will make. I lost my job almost ten years ago when I was 55, I'm 63 now, I've had no paid employment in that time, I didn't receive £600,000, I paid fees over four years for my PHD so I haven't really thought about giving this money away or where it will go.”
And asked if she still received a lot of blame and criticism over the heartbreaking death of Baby P, Sharon responded that there had been more sympathy aimed towards the way she has been treated in the years since the incident.
She told Susanna:
"Large numbers of people contact me and some people still recognise me and people will approach me and say you know things like this was shocking how you were treated. There is more of that happening to me over the last two to three years.”
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