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Vitalija Baliutaviciene could have been 'greater protected' Vitalija Baliutaviciene could have been 'greater protected'
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A woman who was kidnapped and killed by her ex-husband "could have been afforded greater protection", a report is expected to say. A woman who was kidnapped and killed by her ex-husband "could have been afforded greater protection", a report has said.
Rimas Venclovas, 47, was jailed for life for kidnapping Vitalija Baliutaviciene, 29, in Peterborough and dumping her body in Poland in 2011.Rimas Venclovas, 47, was jailed for life for kidnapping Vitalija Baliutaviciene, 29, in Peterborough and dumping her body in Poland in 2011.
A domestic homicide review will say it was "very difficult" to predict the murder but will highlight failings. A domestic homicide review said it was "unlikely" the death could have been prevented by public services.
The report is due to be published later today. But "different actions at different times" should have occurred, it added.
Venclovas was jailed for a minimum of 20 years at the Old Bailey in November for the murder and kidnap of his ex-wife, who moved to Cambridgeshire to escape her "obsessed and jealous" ex. Venclovas was jailed for a minimum of 20 years in November for murdering and kidnapping his Lithuanian ex-wife, who moved to Cambridgeshire to escape her "obsessed and jealous" ex.
'Unpreventable' 'Clear determination'
Lithuania-born Miss Baliutaviciene was last seen on CCTV being abducted on her way to work in Peterborough, at 05:15 BST on 12 August 2011. Miss Baliutaviciene was last seen on CCTV being abducted on her way to work in Peterborough on 12 August 2011.
Her naked body was found in a field in western Poland two months later, but prosecutors never found out where she was killed. Her naked body was found in a field in western Poland two months later.
Ahead of the publication of the domestic homicide review, which is a statutory requirement in domestic violence deaths, author Gary Goose said Miss Baliutaviciene's death was "most likely unpreventable". The review said the fact that Venclovas changed his name and physical appearance while police were searching for him, together with his "clear determination" to carry out the attack, made it "unlikely" that the subsequent death could have been stopped.
"Her ex-husband went to great lengths to avoid being caught and was clearly determined to attack his former partner," he said. But communication failures were also highlighted, including threats by Venclovas to kill Miss Baliutaviciene that were overheard by the couple's son following a previous assault were not passed on to other agencies by a social worker.
"Despite that, there are lessons to be learned." A breakdown in the link between the police national computer and the UK Border Agency's own database of wanted people also meant Venclovas was not arrested when he returned to the country after skipping bail for one of the assaults.
The report, on behalf of the Safer Peterborough Partnership, is expected to highlight weaknesses in the link between the police national computer and the UK Border Agency's own database of wanted people. The report, written on behalf of the Safer Peterborough Partnership, concludes that threats to kill must always be taken seriously and risk assessments across all agencies must include contingency plans if a perpetrator leaves the area and subsequently returns.
Miss Baliutaviciene's name was spelt incorrectly by different organisations and there was a "breakdown in communication" between agencies, the report is expected to say. Supt Tony Ixer, from Cambridgeshire Police, said a domestic abuse unit had since started up at the force and procedures were now in place to make officers "as planned as we can be to prevent such tragedies happening in future".