He couldn’t be stopped
BBC NEWS | England | Tyne | Sex killer ‘could not be stopped’
A stalker who killed his ex-lover and then had sex with her corpse could not have been prevented from murdering her, an official report has found.
He stalked her, terrified her and finally beat her to death and he got 20 years?The sentence was life with a minimum of 20 years to serve. He was 22 when sentenced so he’ll be out in his early 40’s.
Diane Edwards was eventually granted an injunction against Summers after he began to threaten her. He ignored it.
Summers was then given a suspended sentence rather than jailed for flouting the order.
He removed his electronic tag to get round restrictions which were meant to stop him visiting her home.
Why wasn’t he jailed? Why wasn’t she moved, rehomed, protected?
"Many times he has appeared before magistrates and been charged with crimes against Diane, only to be allowed to walk free and continue his reign of terror towards her.
"Questions have to be asked as to why, despite the obvious and known danger this man was to Diane, he was not put behind bars."
Yet again, the systems in place fail to protect a women and she paid with her life.
What an absolutely ridiculous assessment/conclusion by the authorities.
Time and time again ex-partners break no-contact injunctions, and NOTHING is ever done. They are supposed to be locked up for breaking these injuctions, but nothing ever happens, and they continue to torment their ex, sometimes fatally. I also get sick of the police claiming, after a fatal DV incident, that “there was no way of knowing” - when there had been a trail of complaints by the victim, largely ignored by the police.
Comment by stormy — September 7, 2008 @ 4:44 pm