Council agrees £14m settlement after boy attacked by partner of mother
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East Riding of Yorkshire Council has agreed to pay damages to a boy who was left disabled after being attacked by his mother's partner.
It will pay a lump sum of £2.75m and then £145,000 until the child is 18 and £205,000 a year thereafter for the rest of his life.
The council confirmed the figures involved but declined to comment on the case.
A BBC report said the council admitted it was aware the man was a risk but allowed him to come into contact with the boy, who is now aged under 10, wheelchair-dependent and has the mental age of two.
He was attacked when a baby, and his biological father took the legal action against the authority.
The court heard the man was given a prison sentence for the attack.
Mark Smulian
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