06/04/2017 Points West

an inquest jury finds that police interaction didn't help

the situation surrounding the killing of Robert Cox.

The deaths of a new mum and her baby - an inquiry outlines

And tomorrow will bring conditions similar to today. I'm good deal of

sunshine around. Details at the end the programme.

Robert Cox was stabbed to death by another resident

in their supported accommodation in Bristol.

Today an inquest jury found that a lack of on-site support

and poor police interaction exacerbated the situation.

Sue Cox has spent years trying to get answers

He had mental health problems and ended up in this supported

accommodation in Egerton Road, Bristol.

On the night he died he'd gone swimming with his stepsister,

niece and nephew, his dad and the two children

and when he was left at 7:30 that evening,

That evening was the 9th August 2013.

Robert Cox was stabbed to death by another resident, Derek Hancock.

Hancock had a history of paranoia, delusional behaviour

and making false allegations of sexual harassment.

On the night, Derek Hancock phoned police, making false allegations

The police came and spoke to Hancock, but after they'd gone,

His third and final call became the subject of an investigation

Call handler Susan Akerman does say police "will deal with it".

But Derek Hancock goes on: "I will take the law

into my own hands because the law is not doing anything."

"Well, that's entirely up to you Derek, OK?"

She doesn't say don't do that, which I would think a call handler

should be saying to anybody, mental health patient

I understand the police watchdog agreed, but didn't think

Ms Akerman's actions contributed to Robert Cox's death.

But the watchdog did say she may have gone on to give them false

and misleading information, which she denied.

Ms Akerman didn't want to do an interview but has told

the coroner here she'd had no training about mental health

and she didn't know Hancock had such problems.

Speaking about that call, she said he hadn't given

the impression he was going to go on to do what he did,

and that she took three or four calls a day from

Police say they're committed to learning lessons.

But Sue Cox has had to fight for answers.

A serious case review was critical about the agencies involved.

But she forced an independent investigation which found the case

review wasn't sufficiently in-depth or inquisitive, and...

"The process floundered" and it's not surprising

It makes you question whether there are other cases

where the same questions, the same evidence, the same

problems are arising with serious case reviews.

The Bristol Adult Safeguarding Board has apologised

The group which ran Egerton Road said it's carried out risk

assessments and that Robert's death couldn't have been predicted.

But for Sue and her family, the battle isn't over.

We believe there is more work to be done to prevent future deaths.

Mistakes made in the care of a new mum, with a history

of mental health problems, have been detailed in

Charlotte Bevan was able to walk out of a maternity

ward in Bristol with her four-day-old baby, unchallenged.

Both mother and child would later be found dead.

Andrew Plant has been looking at the review findings.

Charlotte Bevan's walk out of her maternity ward was captured

Wearing slippers and with her four-day-old baby

wrapped in a blanket, the 30-year-old first-time mum

made her way out into a cold December evening.

Charlotte had attempted suicide before, after hearing

During her pregnancy she'd stopped taking the medication that

controlled her schizophrenia, believing it could harm her baby.

In fact, the review found there was "no definitive answer"

about the safe use of medication in this case.

What we will always do with patients is have an in-depth conversation

with them to say your mental health needs need to be the priority

because there is more risk to your child if your mental health

deteriorates than of the risk of medications transferred

Their bodies were found later after a search by police,

the findings of today's review into her care followed closely

This was a particularly difficult case to manage

as long-term ill mental health and pregnancy came together.

Education in schools and a general increased awareness

of all mental health issues will go some way to preventing what happened

It also highlighted confusion about who was responsible

for monitoring Charlotte's mental health, saying...

Charlotte had been gone for almost 40 minutes before

At her inquest a coroner said there had been a series of failings

in not recognising the symptoms of her relapse into psychosis.

Today's review called for clearer rules about who was in charge

for monitoring the mental health of patients like Charlotte,

to stop anything similar ever happening again.

Since Charlotte Bevan's death in 2014, changes have already been

made to support pregnant women with severe psychiatric disorders.

Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset have managed

to secure ?1.2 million of government funding for a team of health

visitors and nurses to give women at high risk extra support

And funding has been agreed for another four-bed maternity

secure unit in the South West, although the exact location

A girl reported missing from Wiltshire has been found.

Emily Henslowe hadn't been seen since the morning,

but police say she is now safe and well.

Meanwhile, people living in Minchinhampton in Gloucestershire

joined the search today for a missing 71-year-old woman.

Hazel Denham was last seen walking her dog

Her family say her disappearance is out of character.

The true cost of Bristol City's defeat away to Preston

earlier this week is greater than you might think.

Today the squad announced they'll refund the ticket price for every

fan who travelled to see the team lose 5-0 on Tuesday.

312 made the trip, at an average cost of ?20 per ticket.

McGeady into the six yard box, it's a chance to make it five.

But this is now getting humiliating and not what you need when you're

Four goals conceded in 21 second-half minutes,

described as a capitulation by City head coach Lee Johnson.

So the players have decided to do something about it.

Our performance wasn't good enough so the players have come together

and the club and decided the players will refund those 312 fans

But what those fans really wanted was some points

from the game although the gesture is still appreciated.

They are willing to acknowledge that they were responsible

for an utterly dismal performance on Tuesday night.

I can't dress it up as much as I want to because I always

like to find the positive out of anything but Tuesday night,

that first 20 minutes of the second half was utterly dismal.

The manner of the defeat once again raised questions

There's going to be media speculation given the position

we're in, but it's positive now, of course everybody wants to know

what went wrong and a lot went wrong but we have to move forward.

And that involves repaying the fans - not financially

but with a much-needed win here against Wolves on Saturday.

There's more news on the BBC website and of course on your local

BBC Radio radio stations wherever you are.

We're back with you tomorrow in breakfast from 6:30pm.

We're back with you tomorrow in breakfast from 6:30am.

But for now I'll say goodnight and leave you with Ian

Once again today the cloud forecast was a mist and at least the end

result was a good one in terms of sunshine. Tomorrow will bring

similar issues in terms of engaging the cloud versus unsigned but it

looks like it should be somewhere to the one we had, so a fine day with a

fair amount of sunshine. The night temperatures could drop low enough

in some areas, parts of Somerset, to give a hint of grass frost but that

shouldn't be the case for most, temperatures holding round about

eight Celsius in urban areas and first thing tomorrow there might be

a little mist and fog around in Dorset and Somerset but that will

quickly clear, it should be a glorious morning then in the

afternoon there should be some cloud but no threat of any showers, all in

all pleasant through Friday. Temperatures similar to today, we

saw 16 Celsius in some spots and will again tomorrow. Towards the

weekend we picked up a southerly flow out of France, a lot less

cloud, Hello. There was some warm sunshine

around today, but it's set to get even warmer this weekend. 18 Celsius

in London this afternoon. This was the scene in Chiswick, much quieter

than it was on Sunday for the boat race. Under the cloud for example

here in Cumbria, temperatures struggled to make double figures.

Through the night we're going to hang onto a lot of cloud across

north-west England, North Wales, Northern Ireland and western

Scotland, where there will be a bit of drizzle on the breeze. Zero skies

across many southern and eastern parts of England, together with

eastern Scotland and in the countryside again, temperatures

won't be far away from freezing. Just briefly, at the end of