Victoria Climbie Parents: Who Are Victoria Climbie Mother And Father?

Victoria Climbie’s parents were Francis Climbié and Berthe Amoissi.

Francis Climbié and Berthe Amoissi have seven children; Augustin Climbié, Joëlle Climbié, Jacques Climbié, Victoria Climbie and three other sons whose details were not documented.

Francis and Berthe sent their daughter Victoria, the fifth of their seven children, to London with her great-aunt Marie-Thérèse Kouao, a French citizen, hoping that Victoria would have a good education and return a successful woman.

But Marie-Thérèse Kouao and her boyfriend, Carl Manning, abused Victoria at their flat in Tottenham, North London. Victoria was starved, tied up for periods longer than 24 hours, beaten with coat-hangers and bicycle chains, bound naked and kept prisoner in a freezing bathroom wrapped in a bin liner. She was forced to eat like a dog.

Victoria Climbie died of hypothermia on February 25, 2000, at age 8 in London, England.  She had 128 injuries. The culprits were both found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment on January 12, 2001.

In a statement released outside the publc inquiry at Hannibal House, Elephant and Castle, London, Francis and Berthe said: “We are shocked and disappointed that professional agencies such as social services and doctors let down our daughter Victoria.”