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The Standard View: Zara Aleena should be alive today. That she isn’t must lead to change

Another day, another woman desperately failed by the authorities. Sarah Everard, who was kidnapped, raped and killed by a Met officer. Sana Muhammad, murdered after police binned evidence that she had been stalked by her ex-husband. All the victims of serial rapist David Carrick, who was able to carry out his crimes while a serving officer.

And today, a report by the chief inspector of probation finds that Zara Aleena was murdered by a man with a history of violence, nine days after his release on licence from prison, following a series of mistakes.

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