Serious assaults at homeless shelter could have been prevented

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Serious assaults at homeless shelter 'could have been prevented'

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Date - 13th September 2019
By - Gary Mason

An investigation has found that if police had attended an initial report of a serious assault after they received a 999 call they could have prevented a subsequent attack on a man, which left him seriously injured and permanently disfigured. The...

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