PM facing pressure over Zara's murder

THE Prime Minister has faced questions about whether the Government has "blood on their hands" over failings in the Probation Service which contributed to the death of Zara Aleena.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer pressed Rishi Sunak about whether he accepted the claim from Ms Aleena's family, which came in the wake of a report by the chief inspector of probation in to her death.

The investigation laid bare a catalogue of errors by probation officers before Jordan McSweeney carried out the fatal attack on the aspiring lawyer.

McSweeney, 29, was handed a life sentence and jailed for at least 38 years after admitting sexually assaulting and murdering the 35-year-old law graduate in Ilford, east London, in June.

Following the watchdog's report, Ms Aleena's aunt, Farah Naz, said that the Probation Service "have blood on their hands".