'We are not a taxi service'

Written By Unknown on Jumat, 19 Oktober 2012 | 20.01

CCTV cameras in Nottingham have captured the last moments before the murder of Caroline Coyne.

Caroline Coyne was murdered minutes after she asked to be taken home by police, with an officer replying "We are not a taxi service". Source: Supplied

A KILLER was caught on camera stalking his victim minutes after she was refused a lift home by police.

Carl Powell, 24, was filmed walking a few metres behind Caroline Coyne in the street in which she would meet her death.

Six minutes later he was pictured running away after battering the 28-year-old mother of two to death with a lump of concrete.

After leaving relatives at around 11pm, Miss Coyne climbed into the back of a marked police car and asked to be taken home, Nottingham Crown Court in England heard.

The officers told the jury they advised her to get a taxi, adding: "We are not a taxi service."

She then tried to board an out-of-service bus before heading toward the road in which she was murdered. Her body was found in an alleyway the next morning.

Ms Coyne is believed to have been killed there after refusing Powell's demands for sex.

Jason Stansfield, Ms Coyne's stepfather, told expressandstar.com that the family held Nottinghamshire Police responsible for putting her in the path of her murderer that night.

He said the police could have used their powers to take Ms Coyne home when she jumped into their car, as she was clearly intoxicated and in need of assistance. "Instead they were dismissive of her and, in the words of the defence barrister Mr Smith, she was treated as an inconvenience," Mr Stansfield said.

"The two officers simply pointed her in the direction of home and watched her stagger off for a few seconds until she disappeared from view. It is the family's opinion that Caroline was failed by Nottinghamshire Police that night.

"[They had] the chance to ensure a vulnerable young woman, worse the wear for drink, was taken to a place for safety. So the police, in our opinion, failed Caroline and their advice to take a taxi put her right in the path of her murderer."

A second camera had earlier captured Powell watching Ms Coyne wandering apparently the worse for drink after a family gathering.

Yesterday Powell was jailed for life with a minimum term of 20 years after being found guilty of murdering Ms Coyne and sexually assaulting another woman he dragged off the street a month later.

The man who found Ms Coyne's body was awoken by her cries of "Get off me" but went back to bed when he failed to find anyone outside. A post-mortem examination found she died of head injuries.

At the time of the attack - in July 2011 - she was living in Top Valley, Nottingham, with her partner and sons, aged seven and one. The court heard that Powell's second victim was also walking home after a night out in Nottingham when he grabbed her by the throat and dragged her into the grounds of a college where he assaulted her.

She persuaded Powell not to harm her further and was able to recall enough of the encounter to help police identify him.

The 22 year old said yesterday that she believes she survived the attack by remaining calm and trying 'to convince him I liked him' – promising that she would meet him again on another day.

Powell was found guilty of false imprisonment, false imprisonment with intent to commit a sexual offence and sexual assault in relation to that attack and was handed a concurrent four-year jail term.

Passing sentence, Mr Justice Flaux said Powell had "effectively stalked" Miss Coyne, putting on gloves and a hood before following her down a garden pathway. He added: "Only you know what happened in that dark alleyway, but it is clear you cornered and attacked her. You subjected Caroline to a savage attack, bludgeoning her over her head, causing injuries from which she would die alone and defenceless."

After the verdict, Detective Chief Inspector Tony Heydon of Nottinghamshire Police said many officers were asked for lifts home and the two in this case had acted in accordance with protocol.

The victim's mother, Many Coyne, said her grandchildren could not understand "why their mummy isn't around".


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