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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maya Oppenheim

Double murder of mum and daughter exposes safeguarding measures ‘not worth paper they are written on’

The double murder of a mother and daughter exposes laws and safeguarding measures designed to keep women safe are “not worth the paper they are written on”, warned campaigners.

An inquest at Birmingham Coroner’s Court into the deaths of Khaola Saleem, who was 49, and Raneem Oudeh, her 22-year-old daughter, started on Monday - with the inquest examining the role of police, social services and other arms of the state before the murder took place.

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