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Tara Cosoleto

Police missed chance to protect woman killed by partner

Robert Rickerby was sentenced to more than 15 years' jail for killing his partner. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

Police missed opportunities to hold an abusive man to account in the months before he violently bashed his partner and left her for dead, a coroner has found. 

Robert Rickerby fatally assaulted Jessica Geddes, 27, on November 6, 2020, after years of physically, emotionally and financially abusing her. 

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