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| Jeanette Goodwin murder: Essex Police response 'flawed' | Jeanette Goodwin murder: Essex Police response 'flawed' |
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| A woman who was killed by her ex-partner was not given an "essential emergency response" on the day of her murder, the police watchdog has found. | A woman who was killed by her ex-partner was not given an "essential emergency response" on the day of her murder, the police watchdog has found. |
| Jeanette Goodwin was stabbed 30 times by Martin Bunch, 44, in front of her husband at her home in Southend, Essex. | |
| The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) found she made a call to police hours before the attack. | The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) found she made a call to police hours before the attack. |
| The IPCC said the system was "badly flawed" but Essex Police had taken her reports of domestic violence seriously. | |
| Bunch was jailed for life with a minimum term of 27 years after he was convicted at Chelmsford Crown Court in August. | Bunch was jailed for life with a minimum term of 27 years after he was convicted at Chelmsford Crown Court in August. |
| Essex Police said it had taken steps to improve the areas where there were shortcomings. | Essex Police said it had taken steps to improve the areas where there were shortcomings. |
| 'Lifetime' without mother | |
| Bunch, of Southchurch Road in Southend, and Mrs Goodwin had had an affair for a number of years which was ended by her. | |
| Mrs Goodwin, 47, a mother of three, made seven reports to police from January 2011 of harassment and domestic violence by Mr Bunch, prior to her death. | |
| In a statement Mrs Goodwin's family said: "The family are pleased that the IPCC report has highlighted areas of procedures that could have been better on the day of Jeanette's death. | |
| "Although this will not bring back our dearest Jeanette, we are satisfied that these procedures have been improved, ensuring that victims of domestic violence can now be treated as they should, as a priority. | |
| "Jeanette's three children have a lifetime of growing up without their mother seeing them progress, marry, and settle down with their own families. | |
| "Our lives are never going to be the same again." |