[1] After his wife died, B was left to raise his 2 daughters (referred to as D1 and D2) on his own.

In July 1988, without any warning, the police informed him that social workers had just collected his daughters from school, and put into their protection due to allegations that he had sexually molested both his daughters, and proceeded to interview him.

However, as the police found no evidence that he had abused his daughters, no criminal charges were ever laid.

The subsequent social worker and psychologists investigations, were both later held by the court to be negligently done.

Despite all this contradicting evidence, the daughters were still not allowed back with their father until 9 months later, in April 1989, and this only changed after a protracted 9 week family court hearing.