Sometimes happening in local probation areas, it really should be a priority for probation to improve the quality of risk assessment and the quality of risk assessment and the way dangerous offenders like jordan mcsweeney are being managed after they have been sentenced or after they have been sentenced or after they have come out of prison. i met with zara aleena s arnth last week to brief on her findings and understandably she was upset about what we found on ourfindings. our recommendations are accepted and acted upon in the future, we hope. are you confident it will lead to real changes? i are you confident it will lead to real changes? real changes? i hope it will, i won t report real changes? i hope it will, i won t report on real changes? i hope it will, i won t report on damian - real changes? i hope it will, i. won t report on damian bendall released last week has led to real our report released as let to better checks that there was an probation pose and i hope thi
About what happened to her, the horror that she faced, the pain that she must have endured. for the length that she was attacked. you re under arrest for rape and murder. jordan mcsweeney, who was arrested shortly after he killed zara, had already served nine prison sentences. and he had been released from jail just nine days before the murder. today s report by the probation watchdog describes how shortly afterwards, he d been recalled to prison for failing to attend probation appointments. but because he d been wrongly assessed as medium rather than high risk, he wasn t arrested as soon as he could have been. it really is impossible to know if zara aleena would have been alive today if things had been done differently, but certainly, if his risks had been correctly assessed and if more urgent action had been taken to recall him back to prison, that would have maximised
Happening. there are more probation officers in training but that is not yet feeding through in terms of the quality of the work they are doing. what do you think the answer is? more still or more changes required? as well as recruiting the officers the service needs to hold on to more experienced officers. i am consent is not more experienced officers that are actually leaving the service, those who have served over five years, they are very important in terms of mentoring more junior and inexperienced colleagues and it is crucial that the service holds on to those more experienced staff, as well as recruiting new ones.- well as recruiting new ones. family of zara aleena well as recruiting new ones. family of zara aleena have well as recruiting new ones. family of zara aleena have told well as recruiting new ones. family of zara aleena have told bbc- of zara aleena have told bbc breakfast that they are deeply concerned about this for the wider implications, and i guess there are
Hello, good morning from bbc london, i m alice salfield. a report by the probation watchdog has highlighted a catalogue of failings that left a man with a history of violence free to murder zara aleena, nine days after he was released from prison. jordan mcsweeney, who had 28 previous convictions, was jailed for a minimum of 38 years for killing the law graduate as she walked home in ilford lastjune. the report found he was wrongly assessed as medium risk . we ve been warning for years that mistakes are going to be made when the right information is not in the right place, and the wrong risk assessment is made by others. so there are a lot of mitigating circumstances among them, as reported by the inspector, not enough staff, inexperienced staff, and many staff under severe stress trying to do their work properly. the government s apologised to zara s family for what it calls unacceptable failings and says it s taking immediate steps to address the issues raised.
Left a serial offender free to commit murder, just days after he was released from prison, according to a damning watchdog report. the chief inspector of probation said a catalogue of errors led tojordan mcsweeney carrying out a terrifying and ruthless attack on law graduate zara aleena lastjune, a crime he is currently serving a life sentence for. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly reports. zara aleena s family and friends have said she was just walking home when she was attacked and sexually assaulted. her aunt has always spoken for theirfamily. we re constantly stuck in a loop of disbelief. constantly stuck in a loop of images in our mind about what happened to her, the horror that she faced, the pain that she must have endured. for the length that she was attacked. you re under arrest