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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Rod Minchin

Care home staff unaware of killer’s history before teenager’s murder – inquest

Melissa Mathieson was strangled by Jason Conroy at Alexandra House (Avon and Somerset Police/PA) - (PA Media)

Support workers at a care home where a teenage girl was murdered by a fellow resident did not know about his history of predatory sexual behaviour, an inquest has heard.

Melissa Mathieson, 18, was strangled by Jason Conroy at Alexandra House, which provided residential care for adults with autism and Asperger’s syndrome, in Bristol, in October 2014.

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