Wednesday, July 04, 2012

police ignored murder signs



Officers 'ignored warning signs' before Marion Millican murder


Three police officers will face disciplinary actions because they did not act on warning signs to prevent the murder of Marion Millican.
Fred McClenaghan murdered his ex-lover and was found guilty on Tuesday. However police officers should have acted on the warnings received. In counselling sessions McClenaghan talked about killing himself and Mrs Millican. Also someone provided the information that McClenaghan had bought a gun on which the police took no action.
The police Ombudsman’s Office took the view that the police did not take the right actions.
Mrs Millican, mother-of-four, was shot dead by an antique double-barrelled gun in March 2011

Opinion:

How awful to read that this man was reported to the police but they failed to take action. This 
could have saved a woman’s life. I understand that the police can’t act on everything but when there are more signs they should protect us. The police are there to protect us but in this case they failed. 

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