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Serious probation failings led to murder of Zara Aleena

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Serious probation failings led to murder of Zara Aleena

Serious probation failings led to murder of Zara Aleena

A watchdog has found serious probation failings over the killer of law graduate Zara Aleena.

A catalogue of errors by probation officers left Jordan McSweeney โ€œfreeโ€ to stalk and kill Ms Aleena just days after he was released from jail, according to HM Inspectorate of Probation.

McSweeney, 29, was given a life sentence and jailed for at least 38 years in December after admitting a "terrifying and ruthless" attack on 35-year-old Ms Aleena in Ilford, east London, in June.

Report by Jonesia.

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