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FAMILY INSISTS MYSTERY DEATH WAS MURDER

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26 September 2008

‘Walworth woman found with her face chewed by her puppy’

By John Prendergast
johnp@southwarknews.org 

THE INQUEST into the death of a Walworth woman was adjourned yesterday, after her brother presented evidence that she was murdered, as a result of his investigation into child abuse in children's homes.

Dianne Maloney, 49, whose dead body was chewed by her ten week old puppy, was left in her flat for days after her death.

The sequence of events up to her death has left the family perplexed as to how she died, and why they have not been involved in any police investigation.

Speaking to the 'News' Bill Maloney, 52, the brother of the deceased, said: "There seems to be things that happened to my sister that they (the police) are not aware of. I was looking for an adjournment and I am now looking for an investigation by the police, because they have not come to me or come to my family."

In a short session at Southwark Coroners’ Court the coroner felt she had no option but to ask people to leave the court and look at the evidence presented by the family. However, when Mr Maloney refused to give further details unless they were in open court, the coroner postponed the case.

The 'News’ was told by the family that the puppy called Tenner was recently bought by Ms Maloney, who lived in Sutherland Square, and they had been verbally told by the coroner that it had been eating at her face.

However in the final report no reference was made to this, and as the same Coroner was not in attendance at the inquest they also felt they had no chance to examine the disparity in the situation.

The eight Maloney children, who lived at Astbury Road in Peckham, were all placed in care as youngsters. Mr Maloney said that Dianne had suffered long periods of sexual abuse while in homes, which resulted in her becoming a heavy drinker as an adult.

Following a tough upbringing himself, including physical abuse he suffered in care homes, he recently completed a documentary called 'Sun, Sea and Satan' regarding the Haut de la Garenne in Jersey where children's bones have been discovered in the grounds.

Dianne as a youngster took a sailing trip with the Sea Cadets to the controversial care home, which along with his own history in care inspired him to make the documentary.

He said: "I believe there is a conspiracy against me following the making of this film. Dianne had sorted herself out and was good but she was drinking again when her case (against two councils which was also looking into the treatment of children in care homes) was dropped, and the people who dropped the case knew this would happen.

"She was killed sometime between June 6 and June 12, on the 6th she attended King's College Hospital, where she complained she was punched in the chest, and there was blood around her mouth as well, but this was not followed up. My sister also had a habit of keeping thousands of pounds in her flat, which has never been recovered."

He added: "One of the last things she said to me was that she had a letter from the House of Commons she wanted to show me but I never got to see that. The next thing I heard was when I came back from work and my wife Maria greeted me along with my daughter Regan, and they told me that Dianne had died, so I could not understand why."

The police were contacted as the ‘News’ went to press but were unable to supply a response. A new date for an inquest has not yet been settled.

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Comments (1)

1. At 06:29 PM on 29 Nov 2008, rupert wrote:
Have there been any developments in the last two months?
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