Thursday, April 26, 2012

Judge orders full inquest into death of girl ‘failed by police’

(26 April 2012 , Evening Standard)--The mother of a 15-year-old girl who was murdered by an ex-boyfriend today won a High Court battle for a full inquest into her daughter’s death.
Arsema Dawit was stabbed 32 times in the lift of her block of flats in Waterloo by Thomas Nugusse. More than a month before, Arsema, her mother and a cousin had gone to Kennington police station to report that he had assaulted her and threatened to kill her.

Today Mr Justice Silber said steps could have been taken by the police which might well have avoided the risk posed to Arsema by Nugusse, 21, and that this should be investigated further at a full inquest. Nugusse could not be tried for the murder in June 2008 because he suffered brain damage in a suicide attempt in prison. On May 20, 2009 an Old Bailey jury found that he had “committed the acts”. Read more from Evening Standard »

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