Social workers fired over Mikaeel Kular files

AT least nine social services staff have been fired for looking at confidential files on tragic toddler Mikaeel Kular.

Mikaeel Kular.

Fife Council dismissed the workers for accessing documents about the three-year-old’s murder at the hands of his mother, Rosdeep Adekoya, 34, in January last year.

Mikaeel died from internal injuries after he was repeatedly punched by his mother following a trip to a restaurant.

Adekoya is now behind bars after being convicted of battering him to death.

Council chiefs are said to have taken swift action after a probe found the workers had looked at files without permission.

Confirmation of the sackings comes as a separate independent review continues into whether Mikaeel’s death could have been prevented.

Craig Munro, executive director of education and children’s services at Fife Council, said: “We have a clear internal process for dealing with discipline issues and we don’t comment publicly on the individual circumstances of staff.”