Police did not treat call as urgent hours before murder (From Southend Standard)
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Police watchdog issue report following woman's murder
1:10pm Tuesday 30th October 2012 in Echo News
A POLICE watchdog has issued its findings after a woman was murdered in her own home.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission has issued its report following the death of Jeanette Goodwin at her home in Quebec Avenue on Sunday, July 24, 2011..
She had been stabbed to death by her ex-partner Martin Bunch who had a history of domestic violence towards her.
The report said that Jeanette had called the police hours before Bunch attacked her because she had seen him at her fence in breach of his bail conditions.
However, the call had not been treated as urgent partly because of limited officer numbers in Southend and too few supervisory staff in the control room.
But they said before the day of her death police had offered her good support to pursue allegations of domestic violence against Bunch.
IPCC Commissioner, Rachel Cerfontyne, said: “The inadequate Essex Police response on the day of the murder contrasted with the concerted effort made by the force to protect Jeanette Goodwin in the preceding months.
DCC Derek Benson said he had apologised to Jeanette Goodwin’s family for their failings on the day of her death.
He added: "The IPCC report found shortcomings in respect of four members of police staff and one acting police sergeant.
"The IPCC concluded that their actions did not amount to misconduct but did require debriefing with a senior officer to address performance measures, which has been done.
Comments(8)
Basildon.lad.21
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2:17pm Tue 30 Oct 12
emcee
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3:25pm Tue 30 Oct 12
It is all well and good the entire Essex Police admitting they were wrong but someone with very poor jugement skills must have made the decision not to dispatch officers to the call. Who is going to accept responsibility and who's head is going to roll. I suspect the answer to both questions is "nobody".
I am getting sick and tired of entire organisations shielding and protecting individuals when serious and grave errors are made. I am not saying there should be "scapegoats" but the only way to stamp out bad work practice or incompetence is to take a hard line on those individuals. This will show that it will not be tolerated and will "encourage" others to be less lax in their decision making.
perini
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3:30pm Tue 30 Oct 12
emcee wrote:Yeah but come on now - I mean, the DCC did apologise so everything's now OK - isn't it?
What other calls were deemeed to be more important, at that time, than a violent person breaching bail conditions by hanging around the home of the victim. Which individual made this decision which caused the loss of someones life. It is all well and good the entire Essex Police admitting they were wrong but someone with very poor jugement skills must have made the decision not to dispatch officers to the call. Who is going to accept responsibility and who's head is going to roll. I suspect the answer to both questions is "nobody". I am getting sick and tired of entire organisations shielding and protecting individuals when serious and grave errors are made. I am not saying there should be "scapegoats" but the only way to stamp out bad work practice or incompetence is to take a hard line on those individuals. This will show that it will not be tolerated and will "encourage" others to be less lax in their decision making.
Ghost_Rider
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4:06pm Tue 30 Oct 12
Basildon.lad.21
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6:04pm Tue 30 Oct 12
Ghost_Rider wrote:But to be honest, some psychopaths usually are a bit vunerable themselves, and only pick on other vunerable people like old people, women, or kids.
This piece of £&!? scumbag should have been behind bars or in some sort of mental institution in the first place. Thanks to care in the community psychopaths like this are left to roam freely. It's scary.
It would be a massive mistake for a psycho to pick on me. Even if he was armed.
Almeda11
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9:24pm Tue 30 Oct 12
Basildon.lad.21 wrote:Basildon Ladd, Not all women, or old people are vulnerable you know! That`s a HUGE misconception,and some younger people are, but l know what you mean.
Ghost_Rider wrote: This piece of £&!? scumbag should have been behind bars or in some sort of mental institution in the first place. Thanks to care in the community psychopaths like this are left to roam freely. It's scary.But to be honest, some psychopaths usually are a bit vunerable themselves, and only pick on other vunerable people like old people, women, or kids. It would be a massive mistake for a psycho to pick on me. Even if he was armed.
Almeda11
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9:25pm Tue 30 Oct 12
Almeda11 wrote:Gave you an extra "d" there didn`t l !!
Basildon.lad.21 wrote:Basildon Ladd, Not all women, or old people are vulnerable you know! That`s a HUGE misconception,and some younger people are, but l know what you mean.Ghost_Rider wrote: This piece of £&!? scumbag should have been behind bars or in some sort of mental institution in the first place. Thanks to care in the community psychopaths like this are left to roam freely. It's scary.But to be honest, some psychopaths usually are a bit vunerable themselves, and only pick on other vunerable people like old people, women, or kids. It would be a massive mistake for a psycho to pick on me. Even if he was armed.
p1966k says...
11:40am Tue 30 Oct 12
As for that scum Bunch, I hope his appeal fails and that he dies in prison for his offences.