Regan Tierney inquest: Jury deliver conclusion after mum, 27, killed by ex in murder-suicide
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA young mum who was stabbed to death by her former partner was unlawfully killed and given ‘insufficient support and protection’ by police, jurors have determined.
Regan Tierney, 27, was found dead at her Salford home in June 2019 after her ex-partner Daniel Patten phoned her grandad and confessed to what he'd done - telling him he needed to collect their two children.
Patten was later found with critical injuries and died in hospital shortly after. A coroner ruled his death was suicide. Today, following a seven-day inquest at Bolton Coroners Court, jurors concluded her death was ‘unlawful’ and that it is ‘possible’ that further support from state agencies including the police would have prevented it.
Regan’s medical cause of death was recorded as 1A multiple stab wounds. READ MORE: A year before Regan Tierney was stabbed to death, police recorded 'empty threats', inquest told Over the seven-day inquest, jurors heard evidence from a number of witnesses including police officers, health professionals, and Regan’s friends and family.
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