The Latest Breaking News from Farah Naz

Offenders could be forced to attend sentencing after Zara Aleena case

Dominic Raab considering allowing judges to increase sentences of convicts who refuse to appear

The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2023

Zara Aleena’s family wanted killer to know he ‘destroyed’ them

Her killer Jordan McSweeney was not in court for his sentencing

Evening Standard · Feb 24, 2023

Family of Zara Aleena wanted killer to know he ‘destroyed’ them

Her killer Jordan McSweeney was not in court for his sentencing.

The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2023

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 · Jan 24, 2023

Zara Aleena reports shows ‘women and girls are not safe’, says victim’s aunt

Farah Naz said it was an “extremely distressing report … revealing a litany of errors” which left Jordan McSweeney able to kill her 35-year-old niece.

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023

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 Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2023

‘A thief came into our family and took the heart out of it’: the killing of Zara Aleena

Last year the bright, kind law graduate was brutally murdered as she walked home after a night out. Now her friends and family are striving to create meaning from the tragedy

The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2023

Raab vows law to force killers to face families’ victims during sentencing after ‘unjust’ Zara Aleena hearing

Law graduate’s killer said he ‘didn’t want to relive’ murdering her, as her grieving family members read out emotional impact statements

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2022

Zara Aleena’s ‘savage’ killer will always be danger to women, his ex warns

Jordan McSweeney was jailed for life last week after refusing to show up for his sentencing

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2022

Zara Aleena’s aunt breaks down as she says niece’s life was ‘senselessly and brutally crushed’

Ms Aleena, 35, was dragged into a driveway, kicked, stamped on and sexually assaulted, then left for dead

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022