Inquiry welcome but police must do more for at-risk women

Charged with a serious offence that we cannot legally reveal, Brian Earl Johnston was inexplicably granted watch-house bail just eight days before allegedly killing the mother-of-three. This is despite Ms Wilkinson, who Johnston allegedly set on fire, pleading with police to keep him behind bars.It beggars belief that a man who had previously come to the attention of police over domestic violence could be arrested for a serious crime and then be so easily released.While the Bail Act 1980 gives police…



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