Who have had 36 felonies and don t know how to live outside? the report said probation officers in london have excessive workloads and there are high vacancy rates. and in mcsweeney s case, it says there was a lack of duplication between prison and probation services and in mcsweeney s case, it says there was a lack of communication between prison and probation services about the risk he posed. so, i m not going to sit here and blame our members, doing their best, trying to hold the service together. i think the blame of this systemic failure lies firmly at the hands of the secretary of state forjustice. and i want that secretary of state to meet with me and practitioners so they can get an idea of how hard it is on the front line. the government has apologised to zara s family for the failings in the case, saying there would be better training to improve risk assessment and investment to recruit thousands more probation officers. june kelly, bbc news. we ll be speaking to the chief in
But mild, and in the south and east it is called to start with woods and frost, also some fog, so here we will see some sunshine. all of the details later. it s tuesday 24th january. our main story. failings by the probation service 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