Paul O’Hara: The Killer Released to Kill Again
In March 2014, police officers arrived at a quiet Lancashire cottage to take a domestic abuse statement. Minutes later a man forced his way in with a hammer, attacked the officers, chased the victim into the street and stabbed her to death in broad daylight.
That man was Paul O’Hara — a convicted murderer already serving a life sentence for killing a previous girlfriend in almost identical circumstances. Released on licence, he slipped through every safeguard the system had put in place.
Host Alexander Lawson examines the two murders, the missed warnings, and the failures that left another…
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