Lousia Ovington independent investigation report ... - NHS North East

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The guidance states that the ‘strength of MAPPA lies in coordinating how each agency
fulfils its responsibilities and thereby makes the coordinated outcome greater than the
sum of its parts’ 89 .
It is very important that victims’ needs are represented in MAPPA with the result
that additional measures can be put into place to manage the risks posed to known
victims.
Police and probation involvement
This investigation has been set up to examine the health care and treatment received
by Louisa Ovington. It is no part of the panel’s remit to comment on the way in which
either the police or probation dealt with her, except in so far as they were, or were
not, interacting with mental health services and thus how their actions or inactions
may have influenced the quality of health care and treatment she received.
The panel was given access both to police information and probation files and in
addition was assisted by Detective Superintendent 1 and Probation Manager 1
who freely agreed to talk to the panel. The panel also had sight of the Domestic
Homicide Review conducted by the Durham and Darlington Domestic Homicide
Review Board in accordance with the guidance issued under the Domestic Violence,
Crime and Victims Act 2004. This report included management reports produced by
Durham Constabulary, National Probation Service County Durham, Tees Esk and Wear
Valleys NHS Foundation Trust and Durham PCT. The panel was also given copies of
the ‘timelines’ produced for the homicide investigation detailing Louisa Ovington’s
police involvement over eight years and relevant community (health and social care)
information over ten years.
Police
CHAPTER 5 – INVOLVEMENT WITH POLICE AND PROBATION
Information about Louisa Ovington’s formal involvement with the police and criminal
justice system is mainly in the public domain but in any event the panel had access to
her list of convictions.
From her first recorded offence in 1996 until Mr Hilton’s death in January 2006 Louisa
Ovington was charged with a total of thirty offences resulting in sixteen convictions
(there were no acquittals - several of the offences were grouped together in terms of
the convictions). These included six offences against the person, two sexual offences,
three offences involving offensive weapons (knives), eight offences against property
and two offences of public order.
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