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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Police should have told woman ex was at her house before stabbing, court finds

Northamptonshire police breached its duty of care to the woman, the court found.
Northamptonshire police breached its duty of care to the woman, the court found. Photograph: Nick Lewis Photography/Alamy

A police force breached its duty of care to a woman by failing to warn her that her abusive ex-partner was outside her house minutes before he stabbed her seven times in front of her children, the high court has found.

Esengul Woodcock’s neighbour made a 999 call to Northamptonshire police approximately 13 minutes before the attack, on 19 March 2015, informing officers that Riza Guzelyurt was loitering outside Woodcock’s house, but the force did not pass on the warning.

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