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Shiney Row burning inquest: Failings 'possibly' led to woman's murder Shiney Row burning inquest: Failings 'possibly' led to woman's murder
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A failure to monitor a convicted killer after his release "possibly contributed" to him and another man going on to murder an woman, a coroner has ruled. A failure to share information about a convicted killer after his release "possibly contributed" to him and another man going on to murder an woman, a coroner has ruled.
The body of Quyen Ngoc Nguyen, 28, was found in a burning car at Shiney Row, near Sunderland, in August 2017.The body of Quyen Ngoc Nguyen, 28, was found in a burning car at Shiney Row, near Sunderland, in August 2017.
Her killers Stephen Unwin and William McFall were out of prison on licence.Her killers Stephen Unwin and William McFall were out of prison on licence.
The inquest heard breaches of Unwin's licence were not acted on, including police failures to share information. Sunderland coroner Derek Winter said breaches of Unwin's licence were not shared between police and probation.
Coroner Derek Winter ruled Ms Nguyen had been unlawfully killed. He ruled Ms Nguyen had been unlawfully killed.
Unwin, of Houghton-le-Spring, near Sunderland, and Mcfall, of Blackpool, had met in prison while serving life terms for separate murders.Unwin, of Houghton-le-Spring, near Sunderland, and Mcfall, of Blackpool, had met in prison while serving life terms for separate murders.
Mr Winter said the inquest had looked at whether there were systemic and individual failures by those charged with the supervision of the pair after they were released. The coroner looked at whether there were systemic and individual failures by those charged with the supervision of the pair after they were released.
It found there were "multiple occasions" when information about Unwin should have been shared between police and probation. Mr Winter said police gathered 26 pieces of intelligence about Unwin between 2012 and 2017 but these were not shared with probation officers.
Had police passed on information there would have been enforcement action against Unwin, although it would not have been enough to recall him to prison - but "might have moderated his behaviour", the coroner said. Unwin was arrested after a disturbance in 2013 in which he threatened to burn a house down, and he allegedly assaulted a teenager in 2015.
The inquest heard assessments of Unwin "fell below good practice", with records updated retrospectively after Ms Nguyen's murder. A few weeks before Ms Nguyen was murdered, a woman told police Unwin had sent her a message in which he threatened to "smash her jaw in" and take turns with an accomplice to rape her.
Mr Winter said he would write to the justice secretary, Northumbria Police's chief constable and the probation service about the need for further training to help prevent future deaths. One month later Unwin raped 28-year-old Ms Nguyen before he and McFall dumped her body in the burning vehicle. They were jailed in April 2018.
The coroner said that if police had passed on information there would have been enforcement action against Unwin, although it would not have been enough to recall him to prison - but "might have moderated his behaviour".
The inquest was told assessments of Unwin "fell below good practice", with records updated retrospectively after Ms Nguyen was killed
The coroner will write to the justice secretary, Northumbria Police's chief constable and the probation service about the need for further training to help prevent future deaths.