Voices: My niece, Zara Aleena, was murdered – now Starmer’s told me how he’ll halve violence against women and girls

Three years ago, my niece, Zara Aleena, was murdered on her way home from a night out in east London by a high-risk offender who should have been in prison.

Her brutal murder could have been prevented were it not for the failures of police, prison and probation services that resulted in the catastrophic early release of a man whose risk to the public was inaccurately assessed.