Mother of woman killed by boyfriend ‘absolutely betrayed’ by justice system

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The mother of a woman killed by her boyfriend has said she feels “absolutely betrayed” by the justice system after he was handed a hospital order for manslaughter.

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00:00Since the killing of Kennedy on the 6th of April 2024, we have faced setback after setback from the police and CPS.

00:13We were told Tapay would face a murder charge, but after psychiatric assessments carried out months later,

00:21the CPS accepted a plea of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

00:31They did not consult us. They dismissed our evidence of his jealousy, coercion and control.

00:43They chose not to challenge psychiatrists who presented a narrow version of events.

00:48This case was decided by psychiatrists as a judge and jury. How can this be?

00:54About 40 of Miss Westcar Saburochi's loved ones sat in the well of the court at the inner London Crown Court on Monday

01:03as Tate was sentenced, with some walking out when statements by members of the defendant's family were read by the defence

01:14describing him as a loving person before his mental health deteriorated.

01:21The defendant, Gagua Lewis Tate, was originally accused of murder, but a guilty plea to manslaughter

01:28by reason of diminished responsibility was accepted by prosecutors.

01:34Tate was found guilty of strangling 25-year-old Kennedy Westcar Saburochi in Hackney in April of last year.

01:44He then proceeded to drive her body around before then confessing to his brother hours later that he had killed her.

01:54He was detained under the Mental Health Act on Monday.

01:57They accepted a narrative that served only the defence and now my daughter's killer, a diagnosed schizophrenic

02:07who brutally murdered her, is not only spared prison, but continues to fight us in the Family Court for parental rights

02:15because Jade's law, promised in 2024, still has not been enacted.

02:21How is this acceptable?

02:24My daughter Kennedy was my best friend, my joy, the beacon of light in our family.

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