article_snippet: lawyer Tasnime Akunjee’s castigated the police for failing to inform the police parents that a school friend had vanished in similar circumstances a few weeks earlier.
article_snippet: And lawyer Tasnime Akunjee’s demanded — and got — a grovelling apology from the country’s top police officer for the ‘mistake’ that, in the eyes of most neutral observers, probably had little or no bearing on what happened to the youngsters.
article_snippet: Relations can be built after Relations have broken down only after an apology,lawyer Tasnime Akunjee’s insisted loftily.
article_snippet: However, the families’ decision to effectively absolve themselves of any responsibility for the disappearance of themselves daughters, and scapegoat the police instead, has left themselves facing a backlash of criticism.
article_snippet: Senior figures, led by David Cameron, insisted parents must take responsibility to help stop the spreading of militant beliefs.