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Gwent Police criticised over Caroline Parry murder in Newport | Gwent Police criticised over Caroline Parry murder in Newport |
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A woman who was shot dead by her husband should have been identified as being at risk of serious harm by police, a watchdog has found. | |
Caroline Parry was shot at close range outside her Newport home by husband Christopher Parry in 2013. | |
She had contacted Gwent Police twice in the months leading up to her death, raising concerns and asking for help. | |
The Independent Police Complaints Commission said the force must improve how it handles stalking and harassment. | |
It found "weaknesses and shortcomings" in the way the force handled the run-up to the murder. | |
Christopher Parry was jailed for 26 years in July 2014 for murdering his wife. | |
Mother-of-two Mrs Parry, 49, left her husband after 27 years of unhappiness and moved in with her new partner, Newport Crown Court heard. | |
Parry kept his wife "under surveillance" in the months leading up to the shooting, and phoned her persistently. | |
She had contacted Gwent Police twice, asking for help and raising concerns about Parry's behaviour. | |
On the morning he killed her, Parry had been waiting for his wife in Seabreeze Avenue, and when he saw her got a semi-automatic shotgun from the boot of his car. | |
He shot her twice in the back at close range before turning the gun on himself in a suicide attempt which failed, but resulted in horrific head and facial injuries. | |
In a report published on Monday, it found that officers who responded to three incidents involving the couple in the run-up to the shooting were not in possession of all relevant information about their past history. | |
The IPCC said a risk assessment should have classified Mrs Parry as being at high risk of serious harm. |