The IPCC found a series of incidents involving the couple that were reported to the force over a two-year period but treated in isolation by officers. The force did not take Chambers' fear of her partner into consideration as a reason why she did not pursue complaints against him.
Before these homicides, Maria Stubbings was strangled at her home in 2008 after repeated contact with the police and after her calls for help were downgraded from domestic violence involving a "very high risk victim" to a "burglary" by the Essex force.
Before these homicides, Maria Stubbings was strangled at her home in 2008 after repeated contact with the police and after her calls for help were downgraded from domestic violence involving a "very high risk victim" to a "burglary" by the Essex force.
