There’s no doubt police are stretched. But it’s hard to find any justification for the catastrophic failure to save Elizabeth Bowe’s life.
She was known to police as a domestic abuse victim and had called 999 in fear for her life. But the message fell on deaf ears at control HQ near Edinburgh.
In an insulting twist, the controller who rejected her call even left a message on her killer brother’s phone telling her off for dialling the 999 emergency number.
