Teresa McMahon and with her aunt Lorna, right
GREATER Manchester Police delayed responding to a TV journalist who reported domestic abuse by nine days due to "resourcing issues", a report has revealed.
Teresa McMahon, who worked for Granada Reports, was found dead less than two weeks later at her home.
The force, according to a watchdog report, also failed to inform Teresa of her former partner's violent history, when she requested it under Clare's Law, and lost a vital bodycam footage.
Last week, the M.E.N. revealed that a complaint about the way GMP handled its investigation after the death of Teresa is to be reinvestigated. It comes after her family complained about the force's initial inquiry when the 43-year-old was found dead at her flat in Salford, having apparently taken her own life.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said the investigation conducted by GMP into the complaints made "was not adequate, reasonable or proportionate" and that "lines of enquiry had not been pursued"!
It has directed the force "to reinvestigate the complaints in line with procedures outlined in their domestic abuse policy."
An inquest scheduled for February 10 will now be postponed.
The full report by the IOPC says Teresa, who worked as a producer and news editor for Granada Reports, had reported domestic abuse in the weeks before she died.
She had ended the relationship but had accused her former partner of pressurising her into resuming it.
This story is from the February 01, 2023 edition of Manchester Evening News.
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