BREAKING NEWS: Police 'failed woman before her murder'
GREATER Manchester Police has been criticised for failing a woman who was later murdered.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has found individual and systemic failures in the way Greater Manchester Police dealt with former Batley woman Clare Wood prior to her murder.
Ms Wood, who grew up in Batley, was murdered by George Appleton in her Salford home in February last year. Appleton was found hanged a few days later.
In the months before her murder Ms Wood had contacted Greater Manchester Police saying Appleton had caused criminal damage, harassed her, threatened to kill her and sexually assaulted her.
The IPCC independently investigated how GMP had dealt with these allegations and found the police could have done more to protect her.
IPCC Commissioner Naseem Malik said: "Clare Wood was brutally murdered and her family have every justification in wanting to know whether more could have been done to help her.
"Our investigation has shown that more could and should have been done to provide Clare with the support and protection she needed. But it cannot be said the failures by Greater Manchester Police or individual officers led to her death."
For more on this story, see next week's News.
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Wednesday 08 February 2012
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