THE partner of sex killing victim Rachel Nickell has complained to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) and Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) over police failures which might have prevented her death.
Andre Hanscombe submitted the complaints on Monday and has been told that the IPCC has already begun “scoping the case” and considering its mode of investigation, said his solicitor Kate Maynard.
Miss Nickell, 23, was killed in a frenzied knife attack in front of her and Mr Hanscombe’s two-year-old son on Wimbledon Common in 1992.
Last year Robert Napper, 42, finally admitted the crime, and pleaded guilty to her manslaughter on the grounds of his diminished responsibility. He was ordered to be detained in Broadmoor indefinitely.
