Killer of graduate Zara Aleena should have been recalled to prison six days ... trends now
A Sexual predator described as a ‘ticking timebomb’ was left free to kill a law graduate due to a catalogue of blunders by probation staff.
The 29-year-old thug, who had a criminal history dating back to the age of 12, had been released on licence from prison only nine days earlier.
Now in a shocking report, Chief Inspector of Probation Justin Russell has said McSweeney should have been recalled to prison six days before the attack and could have been back in his cell by the time of the murder if staff had followed procedures.
Zara Aleena (above), 35, was walking home from a night out with friends when Jordan McSweeney leapt out of the darkness and murdered her in a frenzy of violence
29-year-old thug Jordan McSweeney had a criminal history dating back to the age of 12 and had been released on licence from prison only nine days earlier
But due to a litany of errors and missed opportunities by probation staff, he was out on the streets hunting for a victim on June 26 last year.
Yesterday prisons and probation minister Damian Hinds apologised to Miss Aleena’s family ‘for the unacceptable failings in this case’.
The report comes a week after the watchdog highlighted failings by probation officers in the case of Damien Bendall before he murdered three children and his pregnant partner.
Mr Russell said yesterday: ‘It’s a core function of the Probation Service to protect the public… and they’re not getting it right. It’s impossible to say the public is being properly protected from the risks that people on probation pose.’
In the case of McSweeney, the thug had a history of bullying and beating up women, with one ex-girlfriend who suffered years of violence describing him as ‘a ticking timebomb’. From the age of 12 he racked
