Police 'failed' woman who was killed by ex-partner

Rabina Bibi, 35, died at her home in Foleshill, Coventry, in September 2008. She dialled 999 on the evening of her death when her ex-partner Zakarya Rezaie banged on her front door.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said West Midlands Police "failed" Ms Bibi, who was with her seven-year-old daughter at the time, by not sending out an officer when she called. Police should have arrived within half an hour.

IPCC commissioner Len Jackson said: "She was entitled to a police response within 30 minutes based on the information she provided and it failed to happen.

"It will never be known whether she would still be alive today had police officers been despatched to her in accordance with force policy."

Rezaie, 29, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder last year.