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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 police force which dealt with the fatal shooting of a woman by her estranged husband needs to improve the way it handles stalking and harassment cases, a report finds. 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.
Christopher Parry was jailed for 26 years for murdering Caroline Parry outside her Newport home in 2013, before turning the gun on himself. Caroline Parry was shot at close range outside her Newport home by husband Christopher Parry in 2013.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) found "weaknesses and shortcomings" in the way Gwent Police handled the months leading up to Mrs Parry's death. 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.