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‘It was a domino effect’: family seek answers over Sheffield park killing

‘It was a domino effect’: family seek answers over Sheffield park killing



As an inquest begins, Roger Leadbeater’s family believe there was a series of mistakes before he was killed by a woman who had absconded from a psychiatric wardWhen the family of Roger Leadbeater, a 74-year-old man stabbed to death while walking his dog yards from his home in Sheffield, went to lay flowers at the scene two days later, they were met with a horrifying sight.“Nobody had cleaned the scene. It was the most barbaric thing I’ve ever seen,” said his niece Angela Hector. “There was blood everywhere. You could see the dog paw prints, the outline of his body. It was horrific. A dog walker stopped to talk to me, and his dog was licking Roger’s blood.” Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/08/roger-leadbeater-family-seek-answers-over-sheffield-park-killing

Author : Jessica Murray

Publish date : 2024-12-08 11:20:47

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