A family has lost its Supreme Court bid for the right to sue police for negligence over the death of a young mother.
Joanna Michael was killed by her ex-boyfriend in “a mad fit of jealous rage” despite dialling 999 twice.
“Individual and systemic failures” by police in Cardiff meant the emergency services arrived too late to save the 25-year-old’s life.
Her family asked the highest court in the land – the the Supreme Court – to overturn an appeal court ruling in 2012 that the police have an “immunity” from being sued for negligence under common law for the actions of officers during “the investigation or suppression of crime”.
However the justices decided by a 5-2 majority that the ruling was correct and dismissed the family’s appeal.
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