DOMESTIC abuse charities said today that a written warning was not “sufficient sanction” for a police officer who failed to investigate threats against a woman who was later killed by her husband.

A disciplinary hearing found that PC Finley Clark “failed to undertake any adequate investigation” into reports by Linda Vilika that her husband had threatened her via messages on Whatsapp and recorded her in her home. 

Eight days after the report was made to Ms Clark and another officer, Ms Vilika was found dead.