Latest editorial
A written warning was not ‘sufficient sanction’ for police officer who failed to investigate domestic abuse
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.
More from this author
In an exclusive investigation, BETHANY RIELLY looks at how the state targeted leading politicians and campaigning groups — labelling many well-known figures 'extremists' and 'subversives' for attempting to hold the police to account
On September 4, 16 Eritrean asylum-seekers were arrested at a protest against their country’s dictatorship and its supporters here. Since then, questions have been raised about whether the British authorities are doing enough to protect activists and asylum-seekers from the ‘long arm’ of the regime in Asmara
