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Meanwhile the police agreed they missed opportunities in their investigations, but said they would reinvestigate if new evidence came to light.

"If anything, it humanises the family a bit," he explains, but he cautions there could be a greater impact on their reputation if the feud escalates or more damaging rumours come to light.

After it came to light that he had been competing in an unsanctioned fight, his family launched a campaign for change in his memory.

The BBC can now reveal he held key safeguarding responsibilities at two council-run schools as recently as September 2023, where bosses said they acted as soon as concerns came to light.

Stories of babies being accidentally switched in hospital were very rare at the time, though more are now coming to light thanks to the boom in genetic testing and ancestry websites.