Sabina Nessa’s sister says outcry would have been greater if she were white

Sabina Nessa. ‘My sister didn’t get as much headlines, I feel, at the start,’ said Jebina Yasmin Islam. Photograph: Metropolitan police/PA

The murder of Sabina Nessa would have provoked a more intense public outcry if the primary school teacher had been white, her relatives have said, as they accused the home secretary of exploiting her death for publicity.

Nessa’s sister, Jebina Yasmin Islam, said there had been no support from the government, describing people in senior positions as useless, and saying the murder of Sarah Everard six months before that of Nessa had received more press coverage.