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Women and children still at risk due to Probation Service failings, says coroner

Peter Nieto has issued a report after a series of failures were highlighted in the inquests for the victims of Damien Bendall.

The Independent UK

Probation officers fear repeat of failings in murder case as pressures mount

Moves to free up prison places in England and Wales have prompted panic in already overstretched probation service

The Guardian - UK

‘Stark’ failures by probation service contributed to murder of Derbyshire family

Damien Bendall killed his pregnant partner Terri Harris, her two children and one of their friends

The Guardian - UK

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Families of Bendall victims say probation failings ‘must never happen again’

The Probation Service was found by a coroner to have contributed to the deaths of Terri Harris, John Paul Bennett, Lacey Bennett and Connie Gent.

The Independent UK

Probation failures contributed to ‘brutal and savage’ murders of mother and three children, coroner rules

Damien Bendall, 33, murdered pregnant Terri Harris, 35, and three children in Killamarsh two years ago

The Independent UK

‘Very stark’ probation failures contributed to Bendall killings, coroner rules

Damien Bendall was jailed for life for murdering Terri Harris, John Paul Bennett, Lacey Bennett and Connie Gent in Derbyshire in September 2021.

The Independent UK

Huge changes being made to prevent another ‘tragic incident’ – probation chief

Kim Thornden-Edwards was giving evidence at inquests into the deaths of Damien Bendall’s victims.

The Independent UK

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Violent killer ‘missed at least five meetings with substance misuse worker’

Damien Bendall did not tell the truth about the extent of his drug and alcohol use when he finally attended a meeting, a coroner has been told.

The Independent UK

‘Error of judgment’ in probation supervision of Damien Bendall, inquest hears

Damien Bendall was being supervised by an inexperienced probation officer when he murdered his partner and three children.

The Independent UK

Probation officer does not recall seeing claims against killer, inquests told

The officer said that ‘on reflection’ Damien Bendall should have been deemed as posing a high risk to partners and children.

The Independent UK

Probation services officer ‘only in role months before being given Bendall case’

She told an inquest into the deaths of his victims she would have stopped him from living with them if she had known he had made threats to kill them.

The Independent UK

Probation staff ‘overwhelmed’ before Killamarsh murders of woman and children

Damien Bendall killed three children and his pregnant partner after having been classed as posing a low risk of serious harm

The Guardian - UK

Violent offender’s probation officers ‘overwhelmed with work’, inquest told

Inquests into the deaths of Terri Harris, her daughter Lacey Bennett, her son John Paul Bennett, and Lacey’s friend Connie Gent, began on Monday.

The Independent UK

Britain’s most notorious whole life killers as Sunak plans to make UK’s toughest sentence mandatory

Ministry of Justice confirmed 70 criminals are currently serving a whole-life order in UK

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The Independent UK

Whole-life orders: The sentence that sees criminals likely to die behind bars

They will never be considered for release unless there are exceptional compassionate grounds to warrant it.

The Guardian - UK

Plan to scrap specialist sex offender teams ‘a danger to public safety’, says probation union

Highly skilled officers in England and Wales to be replaced by less qualified staff under MoJ proposals

The Independent UK

Inquest into deaths of woman and children looks at killer’s probation management

An exact date for the inquest was not confirmed at the hearing.

The Guardian - UK

The probation service is in a desperate state

Letters: Experienced staff are leaving because of impossible workloads, writes Anne King. Plus a letter from Ellie Dwight

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The Independent UK

‘Terri’s Fight’: Grandmother of Killamarsh child victims calls for reforms

Angie Smith, the mother of Terri Harris, is campaigning for easier access to background information about partners who may be violent.

Evening Standard

Fury at failings that left Zara Aleena’s killer on the streets

Jordan McSweeney should have been in prison on the night he sexually assaulted and murdered Zara Aleena. The reasons he was not have been exposed in a report from the chief inspector of probation, which found a catalogue of errors that led to a serious and career criminal, with a…

The Independent UK

Zara Aleena murder: Probation have ‘blood on their hands’, aunt says

Jordan McSweeney was released from prison just days before carrying out the brutal attack.

The Independent UK

Sexual predator left free to murder law graduate Zara Aleena

Jordan McSweeney was wrongly graded as ‘medium risk’ during litany of errors reflecting ‘systemic issues’

The Guardian - UK

Probation service and ministers have ‘blood on hands’, say Zara Aleena’s family

Watchdog report uncovers series of failings in supervision of Jordan McSweeney, who murdered the law graduate last year

The Independent UK

Watchdog finds serious probation failings over Zara Aleena’s killer

Sexual predator Jordan McSweeney should have been considered a high-risk offender, a report has found.

Daily Mirror

Probation staff missed 'catalogue of chances' to stop sex fiend who murdered Zara Aleena

Jordan McSweeney 29, was wrongly considered medium risk by the private firm monitoring him despite the killer warning staff his anger scared him

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