Source · Prevention of Future Deaths
Yvonne Davies and Andrew Davies
Ref: 2015-0261
Date: 7 Jul 2015
Coroner: John Pollard
Area: Manchester (South)
Responses identified: 0 / 1
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An off-duty police officer, personally involved with the deceased, compromised the crime scene by breaking in and contaminating evidence before and after on-duty officers arrived, who then failed to secure the scene.
Date
7 Jul 2015
56-day deadline
1 Sep 2015
Responses identified
0 of 1
Coroner's concerns
An off-duty police officer, personally involved with the deceased, compromised the crime scene by breaking in and contaminating evidence before and after on-duty officers arrived, who then failed to secure the scene.
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a8 follows. The person with whom Mrs Davies was alleged to be an affair; is a serving GM police officer (he admitted the affair in evidence) and despite the fact that he was off-duty, he was first to the scene of these deaths and powers under the Police and Criminal evidence Act he broke in to the house; He then proceeded to move around the house, using the sleeve of his pullover when opening doors. By so he contaminated the scene for DNA etc: Even when the first two on-duty police officers arrived; he not remove himself from the property but continued moving around and entered the kitchen area where the body of the wife Neither of the first two attending officers secured the scene and removed their off-duty colleague from the_house having using doing did Iay:-
Report sections
Investigation and inquest
On 16"h January 2015 commenced investigations into the deaths of Yvonne Davies dob 13"h June 1968 and Andrew Francis Davies dob 9" October 1969. The investigations concluded on the 24" June 2015 and the conclusion in relation to Yvonne Davies was one of "Unlawfully killed" and of Andrew Davies was one of "Took his own life" The medical cause of death of Yvonne Davies was 1a Stab wounds to the neck and the medical cause of death of Andrew Davies was 1a Hanging:
Circumstances of the death
Andrew Davies was under the impression that his wife was having a sexual relationship with another man and so he stabbed her in the neck and beat her over the head with & hammer He then went to the loft hatch in their house and he hanged himself from the loft:
Action should be taken
In my opinion action should be taken to prevent future deaths and believe you have the power to take such action:
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Report details
- Reference
- 2015-0261
- Date of report
- 7 July 2015
- Coroner
- John Pollard
- Coroner area
- Manchester (South)
Responses identified
Responses identified
0 of 1
1 response not yet linked
Organisations named in PFD reports are normally expected to respond within 56 days. Deadline: 1 Sep 2015.
Sent to
- Greater Manchester Police