Police negligence

Smith v Chief Constable of Sussex Police H of L TLR 4 August

The claimant reported to his local police that he had received messages from Gareth Jeffrey, his former partner, making persistent explicit death threats, and provided details of the partner’s previous violent history, his home address and the messages. The officers declined to look at or record the messages, took no statement and completed no crime form. They did take steps to trace the messages but the claimant was violently attacked by the partner and suffered severe and continuing injuries.