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-Two years ago, Conner Marshall

-was brutally murdered...

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-..by an offender on probation.

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-David Braddon was being monitored

-by one of the private companies...

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-..that run part

-of the probation service.

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-Inspectors claim that there are

-shortcomings in their services.

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-We've found that the quality

-of work from these companies...

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-..isn't as satisfactory

-as the work before privatisation.

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-In 2015,

-offenders on probation committed...

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-..almost 500 further serious

-offences in Wales and England.

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-We've spoken to workers who

-are concerned about privatisation.

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-I can't understand how

-they think they can make money...

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-..from the probation service -

-it just doesn't work.

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-It's a disaster waiting to happen.

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-Tonight on Y Byd ar Bedwar...

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-..Conner Marshall's mother

-searches for answers...

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-..after an offender

-murdered her son.

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-At the moment,

-there's more support...

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-..for the people

-committing these crimes...

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-..than there is for us,

-the innocent families.

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-The seaside town of Porthcawl.

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-Known for the prom, the fair

-and the caravan parks...

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-..the town has attracted visitors

-for decades.

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-Two years ago, Conner Marshall

-and two of his friends...

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-..were amongst those

-on their way here.

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-They went down on the train.

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-I knew they'd arrived,

-he texted me to say they'd arrived.

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-I received another text

-to say they were on the bus...

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-..and they were heading

-into Porthcawl.

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-Conner was 18 years old.

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-Along with his friends, he intended

-to spend time in local pubs...

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-..before staying

-in a friend's caravan in Trecco Bay.

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-We know from the CCTV...

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-..there was no trouble.

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-We can follow the route they took

-and there was no trouble.

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-They stopped for some chips on

-the way and then went on to the pub.

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-They decided to return

-to the caravan just after midnight.

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-Conner and his friends entered the

-caravan park via the back entrance.

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-A young child was staying

-in the same caravan.

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-With the baby crying, Conner

-went for a walk down to the beach.

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-He told his friend

-he was going out for a walk...

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-..down towards the beach.

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-Dan said, "No problems, be careful."

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-Off went Conner.

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-Conner never returned

-to the caravan.

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-A man in his 20s from

-the Caerphilly area attacked him...

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-..without warning or a reason.

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-David Braddon

-had been drinking alcohol...

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-..and had taken cocaine and Valium.

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-He threw Conner to the ground...

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-..stamped on his head,

-kicked him in his ribs...

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-..and struck him with a metal bar.

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-He removed Conner's clothes,

-struck him in the face...

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-..and left him helpless.

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-Back home in Barry

-the following morning...

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-..it was Conner's mother's birthday.

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-She'd arranged a Sunday lunch

-with the family to celebrate.

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-Someone was at the door at 8.00am.

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-I came down expecting to see Conner

-but the police were there.

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-She was told that Conner was

-in the Heath Hospital, Cardiff...

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-..in a serious condition.

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-Both her and her husband rushed to

-the intensive care unit to see him.

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-Conner had sustained serious

-physical injuries in the attack.

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-A bed came through

-from one part of the hospital...

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-..into another room.

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-I remember him going past

-and I couldn't even recognise him...

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-..because his face was so bruised.

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-He was just a mess, a huge mess.

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-I remember praying,

-I remember shouting at Conner...

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-..I remember shaking him,

-shaking his hands...

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-..and pleading

-please, please, please.

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-I could deal with

-any situation, however serious...

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-..as long as he woke up.

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-But, unfortunately...

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-..that moment never came.

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-Four days after the attack,

-Conner died.

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-He was 18 years old.

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-This is the murderer, David Braddon.

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-He'd never met Conner

-before attacking him.

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-In the court case in Cardiff...

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-..David Braddon claimed he thought

-Conner was the ex-partner...

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-..of the mother of his children.

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-When he realised he'd attacked

-a complete stranger...

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-..he left Conner unconscious...

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-..before fleeing to Scotland

-where he was arrested.

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-At the end of May two years ago,

-he pleaded guilty to murder.

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-He was sentenced

-to life imprisonment...

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-..with a minimum of 20 years

-in prison.

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-After he was imprisoned,

-Nadine received some shocking news.

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-We received a letter in August

-from the probation service...

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-..asking us if we wanted

-to meet a support officer...

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-..because David Braddon

-was under the system's supervision.

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-Braddon was subject to two community

-orders at the time of the attack...

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-..one for production of cannabis...

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-..the other for possessing cocaine

-and assaulting a police officer.

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-Working Links

-was the company monitoring him.

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-For two years, this private company

-has run the probation service...

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-..for low to medium-risk offenders

-in Wales.

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-Nadine discovered that an internal

-review had highlighted failings...

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-..in the way they monitored Braddon.

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-A summary admitted

-there was room for improvement...

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-..but that there was no way

-of foreseeing...

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-..that Braddon

-would commit such a crime.

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-For months, the authorities

-refused to release the report.

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-We met the minster in Westminster.

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-He'd managed to release

-the report...

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-..that we'd been trying to see

-for the past nine months.

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-This document showed that Braddon

-had a long criminal record...

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-..including violent disorder,

-domestic abuse and common assault...

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-..but some previous offences

-weren't considered...

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-..when he was assessed

-as a risk to others.

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-Braddon missed eight appointments

-he should have attended.

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-He was issued with several warnings

-and threatened...

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-..with being sent back to court

-but that never happened.

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-Ten points were raised

-about things that hadn't happened.

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-If you read through them...

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-..they are straightforward

-and basic things.

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-The report also noted that

-the officer monitoring him...

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-..was new to the role

-and felt overwhelmed at work.

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-There was a lack of supervision

-by managers.

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-The system tries to suggest...

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-..that the blame for this event

-lies with just one person.

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-I wholeheartedly disagree.

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-It's the system.

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-The system is overrun

-and inefficient.

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-Nadine isn't the only mother

-to suffer the same loss.

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-I've joined her today

-on a journey to Plymouth...

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-..where she'll meet Andrea Sharp.

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-In the early hours of New Year's Day

-2015, her son was murdered...

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-..by an offender being monitored

-by the probation service.

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-We've been in contact

-over emails and texts.

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-They're in the same situation as us.

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-Something has happened

-in their lives...

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-..and they've been left

-without answers, without support.

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-They don't know where to turn.

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-Working Links also runs

-the privatised probation service...

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-..in South-west England.

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-Hello, Andrea. Hi, it's Nadine.

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-Andrea Sharp wants to ask Nadine

-how she can get answers...

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-..for what happened to her son.

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-Tanis Bhandari was only 27 years old

-when two men stabbed him to death...

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-..outside a local pub.

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-One of the men had only recently

-been released from prison...

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-..for having a sharp object

-in a public place.

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-Donald Pemberton was being

-monitored by the probation service.

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-He was caught on CCTV threatening

-members of the public with knives.

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-He was arrested that night.

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-He could have been sent back

-to prison immediately...

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-..but that didn't happen.

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-A fortnight later, Pemberton and

-another man killed Tanis Bhandari.

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-Shall I show you

-what an SFO looks like?

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-Working Links gave Andrea a summary

-of the way Pemberton was monitored.

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-The summary acknowledges

-shortcomings...

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-..including failings

-in risk-assessments...

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-..and communication

-between agencies.

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-She would like to see the difference

-between the summary and full report.

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-It's quite scary how different

-it is to the summary, the content.

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-There's lots more there

-than in my summary.

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-When you read the summary...

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-..it doesn't seem all that bad,

-even though it is bad...

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-..but when you compare it

-to the full report...

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-..they haven't put

-any of that information in here.

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-How did they get that summary

-from this?

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-Andrea Sharpe's summary

-also claims...

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-..there was no way

-of foreseeing the offence.

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-The authorities have refused

-to give her the full report.

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-Next Monday, she meets Justice

-Secretary Liz Truss in London...

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-..in an attempt to discover answers.

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-We can only hope

-and keep chipping away at them...

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-..and get this information

-out there.

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-All these families are...

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-All these families are...

-

-Entitled to it.

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-Hopefully, we'll be down the line

-and people won't have to fight.

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-They'll be told.

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-They'll be told.

-

-That's the hope, isn't it?

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-In Part 2, I speak to workers

-who claim the service is creaking.

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-I also ask if privatisation

-has harmed the probation service.

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-You've seen many failings within

-the privatised part of the service.

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-At the moment, we've reported

-on seven of the 21 areas...

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-..and it's true to say that

-there's not been enough improvement.

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-Since losing her son two years ago

-in an unprovoked attack...

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-..by an offender on probation...

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-..Nadine's in contact with a charity

-that helps victims of crime.

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-Today, she's heading to London to

-meet the director, Harry Fletcher.

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-Harry works for the charity

-Voice For Victims.

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-He's given us help and support...

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-..in terms of getting questions

-answered by agencies and the MOJ.

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-Harry Fletcher has lobbied

-the Ministry Of Justice...

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-..to reveal more information

-about the probation service.

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-He says privatising the service

-has made it difficult...

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-..to monitor offenders.

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-People who are taking drugs,

-excess alcohol...

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-..who are criminally-minded,

-who have psychological problems...

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-..their risk

-is always going to be volatile.

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-It needs one agency to be

-responsible for all the offenders.

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-He's reviewed Nadine's case

-and is surprised at the failings...

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-..in the probation service.

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-That is quite extraordinary

-to miss that many...

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-..without being cautioned,

-warned or taken back to court.

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-494 serious further

-criminal offences were committed...

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-..by offenders under the

-probation service's supervision...

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-..in England and Wales in 2015.

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-According to Harry Fletcher,

-the number is rising...

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-..partly because private companies

-have reduced staffing levels.

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-80% of the 400-plus further

-serious offences that occur...

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-..are undertaken by people

-who are low-risk...

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-..but something has happened -

-maybe drugs, a psychotic episode...

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-..to make that risk change.

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-Unless the staff are there seeing

-the person, monitoring them...

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-..those risk factors will be missed.

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-I've spoken to staff members

-of Working Links.

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-They're responsible for low

-to medium-risk offenders in Wales.

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-No-one was willing

-to speak on camera...

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-..but they were eager to share

-their experiences on this programme.

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-They were concerned

-about changes at work.

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-They say some officers only contact

-offenders over the phone now.

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-They've transferred people

-to call centres...

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-..where they make phone calls.

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-Working Links claim these officers

-deal with low-risk offenders only.

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-According to the staff I contacted,

-that's not always true.

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-They're meant to be

-low-risk offenders...

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-..but there are many cases

-of domestic violence.

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-The company claims risk is assessed

-every time an offender...

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-..comes into contact

-with the service...

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-..but staff said this was difficult

-since work pressures were high.

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-Staff deal with as many

-as 180 people every day.

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-Staff dealing with offenders

-over the phone...

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-..aren't the only ones

-experiencing difficulties.

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-I've also spoken

-to probation officers...

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-..dealing with mid-risk offenders.

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-They said they were under pressure

-to complete their work quickly...

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-..rather than efficiently.

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-We can do two types

-of risk assessment.

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-We can do a basic

-or a full assessment.

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-The difference is about 30 pages.

-It's a big difference.

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-The attitude is, just do it.

-We need to hit the target.

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-Working Links refused to respond

-to these allegations.

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-In a statement

-they said that frontline services...

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-..wouldn't be affected by changes

-they were introducing...

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-..to the probation service.

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-But staff members I spoke to were

-worried that there was a risk...

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-..offenders they were monitoring

-could re-offend.

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-It's a disaster waiting to happen.

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-It's not an individual's fault,

-it's the system.

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-It could happen to me tomorrow.

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-Helen Davies

-is assistant chief inspector...

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-..of Her Majesty's

-Inspectorate of Probation.

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-The inspectorate announced a

-damning report of the performance...

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-..of companies that manage

-parts of the probation service.

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-We've found that the quality

-of these people's work...

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-..isn't as satisfactory

-as the work before privatisation.

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-Specifically,

-the work with the offenders...

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-..to reduce the risk of re-offending

-and reduce the risk of harm...

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-..isn't consistently good.

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-In some cases, it's inadequate.

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-According to the report, there

-were failings in risk assessment...

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-..staff training and communication

-between the private companies...

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-..and the nationalized service which

-dealt with high-risk offenders.

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-They also discovered

-that staff were encouraged...

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-..not to send offenders who broke

-conditions back to the courts...

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-..since this would incur

-a financial penalty.

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-Was the decision to privatize

-part of the service a mistake...

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-..knowing what you now know?

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-That's not a matter for us.

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-We, as the

-Inspectorate of Probation...

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-..will look at the work

-whoever administers it.

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-You have found many failings in

-the privatized part of the service.

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-At the moment, we've reported

-on seven of the 21 areas...

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-..and it's true to say that

-there's not been enough improvement.

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-The Westminster government

-is currently reviewing...

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-..the performance of the privatized

-part of the probation service.

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-In December 2016,

-Justice Secretary Liz Truss...

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-..said the review

-would be completed by April 2017.

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-I asked the Justice Secretary

-for an interview for this programme.

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-My request was declined.

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-I received a short statement

-by email...

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-..claiming changes were being made

-to the Prison and Probation Service.

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-These changes

-will come into effect in April.

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-They would ensure that

-our prisons would be safe...

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-..and less people would re-offend.

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-Conner Marshall was killed by a man

-who missed eight appointments...

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-..that were part

-of his community order.

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-There were failings

-with his offender risk assessment...

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-..and the staff member who dealt

-with it felt under great pressure.

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-According to one MP...

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-..who's campaigned in Westminster

-for Conner's family...

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-..changes to the probation service

-mean that mistakes such as this...

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-..could become more common.

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-In instances

-where people have been murdered...

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-..and someone can make a connection

-to the quality of the service...

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-..and the fact that cuts have led to

-increased pressure on companies...

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-..due to decreased funding,

-this affects public safety...

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-..and raises many questions.

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-Working Links refused to speak

-to us about Conner's case...

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-..and the failings

-highlighted by the SFO report...

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-..Serious Further Offence.

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-A spokesperson said they sympathise

-with Conner's family...

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-..after the horrific crime.

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-In a statement...

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-..they said that public safety

-was their main priority...

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-..but there was no way

-of ensuring...

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-..that all offenders

-wouldn't reoffend.

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-They also said that the SFO report

-had discovered...

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-..that there was no way to foresee

-or prevent Conner's death...

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-..and that the case's handling

-was not connected to his murder.

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-His mother does believe that

-failings in the probation service...

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-..are linked to her son's death.

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-The family's solicitor has requested

-a full coroner's inquest...

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-..into Conner's death.

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-Nadine will continue to campaign...

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-..to prevent similar events

-happening in the future.

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-We lost Conner...

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-..in a horrific manner.

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-The nightmare doesn't end.

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-Knowing everything

-just adds to the nightmare.

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-I know that more families

-are hurting...

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-..and more families

-are in a similar position.

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-It's just so, so unfair and

-unacceptable for us, as a family.

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-That's why we're battling on

-as we are...

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-..to find answers to our questions.

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-Here in Penarth, the family

-have a bench in Conner's memory.

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-Nadine sometimes visits the bench

-to think about her eldest son...

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-..who will never return home.

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-Conner was 18

-but he always sent me a text...

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-..wherever he was,

-at the end of the night.

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-That was the rule we had.

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-I don't mind where you are,

-what time it is...

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-..I need a text with these words.

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-This message was always the same.

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-"Hiya, Mam, goodnight. Love you."

-And that's it.

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-I knew then he was OK, he was safe.

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-I didn't receive that message...

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-..and that's difficult.

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-Really difficult.

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-Next week we're in Rochdale, one of

-Britain's most multi-cultural towns.

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-We'll hear from a Welshman who's

-worried that racism is on the rise.

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-White people tell black people

-to go home.

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-Just because they wear

-different clothes...

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-..they get racial abuse from people.

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-Y Byd ar Bedwar,

-next Tuesday night on S4C.

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