Police refusal to provide details about daughter’s abusive partner contributed to murder, mother claims
The refusal by police to hand over potentially life-saving information about a woman’s husband – a convicted abuser – contributed to her murder, a bereaved mother has claimed.
Hilary Stinchcombe, whose daughter and granddaughter were brutally killed, told The Independent that their lives could have been saved if the police had informed the family of his history of domestic abuse.
The 61-year-old said the wrongly telling them that the background check request must come directly from a victim of abuse.
