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| Arsema Dawit inquest: Police criticised over stab murder | Arsema Dawit inquest: Police criticised over stab murder |
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| Police have been criticised for failing a teenager who was stabbed more than 60 times by her jealous and controlling ex-boyfriend. | Police have been criticised for failing a teenager who was stabbed more than 60 times by her jealous and controlling ex-boyfriend. |
| Arsema Dawit, 15, was stabbed 60 times by Thomas Nugusse in Waterloo, central London, in 2008. | Arsema Dawit, 15, was stabbed 60 times by Thomas Nugusse in Waterloo, central London, in 2008. |
| Her family claimed her fears over Nugusse, 22, were ignored by police. | Her family claimed her fears over Nugusse, 22, were ignored by police. |
| The jury criticised failings by the Metropolitan Police, saying the investigation was "insufficient" and not carried out in a "timely manner". | |
| The jury at Southwark Coroner's Court gave a unanimous verdict of unlawful killing. | The jury at Southwark Coroner's Court gave a unanimous verdict of unlawful killing. |
| 'Controlling and jealous' | |
| Nugusse confessed to Arsema's murder but could not be tried because he suffered brain damage in a suicide attempt in prison. | Nugusse confessed to Arsema's murder but could not be tried because he suffered brain damage in a suicide attempt in prison. |
| Returning its verdict, the jury spokeswoman said: "The principal offence was recorded as ABH and the investigation followed this line on inquiry. | |
| "Had the principal offence been recorded and verified as a threat to kill, a risk assessment would have been carried out, which would have recognised and prioritised the threat to kill as urgent. | |
| "The subsequent police investigation of ABH was inadequate to a threat to kill." | |
| The judgement follows a lengthy legal battle by Arsema's family to get justice for her. | |
| In 2012, they won the right to have a full inquest heard, two years after an investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) found "collective and organisational failings" in the police's handling of the case. | |
| Arsema and Nugusse, who were both originally from Eritrea, had met through their local church choir. | |
| Nugusse, who was 21 at the time, was repeatedly described during the inquest as "controlling" and "jealous". | |
| Arsema's body was found covered in blood by neighbours in a lift in flats at Matheson Lang Gardens. | |
| The family are suing the Met over the case. |