Leah was failed.we must fix the system to keep others safe

Coroner warning after teen killed by sex fiend

- DAN WARBURTON

PROBATION chiefs have days to respond to an urgent warning that failures to track sex offenders could lead to more deaths like tragic Leah Croucher's.

A coroner claimed supervision of convicted predators like her killer Neil Maxwell is not robust enough.

Leah, 19, was snatched in 2019 by fugitive rapist Maxwell, 49, who murdered her and stashed her dismembered body in a loft, where it lay for nearly four years.

Leah's parents John, 50, and Claire, 49, have called for urgent action to "keep others safe".

Tom Osborne, senior coroner for Milton Keynes, Bucks, said Maxwell "was in breach of the terms of his probation and was able to kill Leah when it was known he was a predator and a danger to females".