AN inquest jury this afternoon criticised all the agencies involved with Anthony Rice who murdered Winchester woman Naomi Bryant.
The jurors ruled that there were failings by the probation service, police, prison service and Langley House Trust in how the violent offender Rice was handled.
Rice murdered Miss Bryant in August 2005 at her home in Rowlings Road, Weeke within months of his release from prison.
The inquest has heard there were breakdowns in communication between the agencies whilst Rice was a resident at Elderfield House in Otterbourne.
The jury returned a verdict that Miss Bryant was unlawfully killed.
The Central Hampshire Coroner Grahame Short said the case was a “wake-up call” to all the agencies. He said he will be making formal recommendations in due course.
After the hearing, Naomi’s mother Verna Bryant said: “I do not feel I have been failed by the authorities, I feel they have failed themselves. Like the coroner said, it’s a wake-up call for all of them and they all heard that.”
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