Met chief questions why Simon Levy was freed after assaulting prison officer
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- The Guardian Worldseen 13 Aug, 12:40description edited
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Mina Smallman, whose daughters were killed in north London park in 2020, says force ‘decides who matters’ The Metropolitan police does not take all cases of violence against women seriously and “decides who matters”, the mother of two murdered women has said. Mina Smallman, whose daughters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman were killed in a north London park in 2020, also said Britain’s biggest police force was incapable of change. Two police officers were jailed in 2021 after taking photographs...Mina Smallman, whose daughters were killed in north London park in 2020, says force ‘decides who matters’ The Metropolitan police does not take all cases of violence against women seriously and instead “decides who matters”, the mother of two murdered women has said. Mina Smallman, whose daughters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman were killed in a north London park in 2020, also said Britain’s biggest police force was incapable of change. Two police officers were jailed in 2021 after taking...
- The Guardian Worldseen 13 Aug, 20:08headline rewritten
Met police incapable of change, says mother of murdered sisters after Simon Levy caseMet chief questions why Simon Levy was freed after assaulting prison officer
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Met police incapable of change, says mother of murdered sisters after Simon Levy caseMurderer and serial sex offender sexually assaulted female staff member in HMP Brixton but was still released Mark Rowley, the Met commissioner, has sparked disquiet within the Prison Service after questioning why the murderer and serial sex offender Simon Levy was released from jail after sexually assaulting a female prison officer. The UK’s most senior police officer said he “did not understand” why Levy, who went on to kill two women, was let out of HMP Brixton in south London. Continue...