A pregnant mother strangled to death by her husband may be alive today if the police had not committed a “catalogue of flaws”, a report has claimed.
Sabeen Thandi’s three children were deprived of their mother after Mohammed Badiuzzaman, 39, murdered his wife in a fit of rage in July 2013.
Following the 37-year-old’s murder, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) launched an investigation into previous police contact by the Metropolitan Police (MPS) and Hertfordshire Constabulary.
The IPCC’s report, published last week, concluded there had been a breakdown in police procedures with officers on the case lacking the right training and only “sporadic” checks on the quality of the investigation.
As a result of the investigation, a detective inspector from the Met’s sexual offences, exploitation and child abuse command was rebuked under the Met’s unsatisfactory performance procedures.
The police complaints organisation also recommended a call operator and detective constable face misconduct proceedings.
Badiuzzaman pleaded guilty to his wife’s murder at the Old Bailey in May 2014 receiving a life sentence with a recommendation he serve a minimum of 17 years. The Met accepted all four of the IPCC’s recommendations.
