Failures ‘across multiple agencies’ contributed to Zara Aleena’s death, says inquest

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Failures ‘across multiple agencies’ contributed to Zara Aleena’s death, says inquest
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Jordan McSweeney killed the 35-year-old law graduate as she walked home from a night out in Ilford, east London, in the early hours of June 26 2022.

Failures “across multiple agencies” contributed to the death of Zara Aleena, who was murdered as she walked home from a night out in east London, an inquest jury has found.

McSweeney was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 38 years at the Old Bailey in December 2022 after admitting Ms Aleena’s murder and sexual assault.In November 2023, he won a Court of Appeal bid to reduce the minimum term of his life sentence. He missed his probation appointment on the day he was let out, and his mother told staff he had passed out drunk at her house.

Mr Uwaifo said: “At the time, the thinking was that because he came out on the Friday, my thinking was to give him the opportunity to return – possibly he came out and decided to, for whatever reason, decided to go out and get drunk.”

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