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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Steven Morris

Wife of murdered Gloucestershire man criticises police for not heeding warnings

Can Arslan
Can Arslan, 52, admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility but denied murder. Photograph: Gloucestershire Police/PA

The wife of a man killed by his neighbour has criticised the police and other authorities for “toothless and ineffective responses” to repeated warnings that the murderer was dangerous.

Can Arslan, who had a deep grudge against his neighbours, stabbed Matthew Boorman, a father of three, 27 times on his victim’s front lawn in the village of Walton Cardiff near Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire on 5 October last year.

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