Officers did not pass key information to the victim
A woman stabbed at least seven times by her ex-partner has won the right to sue Northamptonshire Police after she said it did not do enough to protect her. Esengul Woodcock was attacked by Riza Guzelyurt in March 2015 and he was jailed for life for her attempted murder in 2016.
At a previous hearing in 2021, Ms Woodcock’s claim was dismissed with costs. A judge found the police did not owe the woman a duty of care, did not breach any owed they might be found to have owed and did not cause the injury in any event.But allowing an appeal against that verdict, High Court judge Mr Justice Ritchie said a failure of the police force to “protect her in the gap before the allocated police officer arrived” at her home was a breach of its duty of care.
The neighbour's warning also made the possibility the woman could be attacked "immediate and obvious". The judge added the cost of passing on the “vital” information to the woman from the 999 call would have been "infinitesimal" and there was "no good reason...to keep it secret".
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