A detailed report into the horrific murder of Patricia Holland by 42-year-old Allan Scott lays bare a catalogue of failings to safeguard the 83-year-old woman and how her family's concerns fell on deaf ears.

It is unclear how Allan Scott murdered Patricia Holland in her home in Gorleston in July 2021, but her remains were found scattered in her garden after he had burnt her body on a bonfire.

After he was sentenced to a life sentence at Norwich Crown Court with a minimum term of 35 years in 2023, the Norfolk County Community Safety Partnership said they would conduct a domestic homicide review and a safeguarding adults review.

But the published domestic homicide review has now laid bare a catalogue of failings by police, social services, and health bodies who repeatedly ignored warnings from Mrs Holland’s daughter and others about the escalating danger she faced.

Patricia Holland, a much-loved mother, grand-mother and great-grandmother One of the most damning findings was that agencies “failed to act on the information available which highlighted the risk the perpetrator posed,” despite Scott’s history of aggression towards professionals, his violent past, and direct concerns raised by family.

The report describes how Mrs Holland's daughter, Kathryn, desperately tried to tell the authorities on multiple occasions about Scott's behaviour.

It says: "She frequently tried to highlight the risk she instinctively........

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