The dad of a woman who was killed by her former partner in Walkden is battling to get answers and make changes when the case comes to the coroners court.

Regan Tierney was stabbed to death by her ex partner Daniel Patten died in June 2019, before he killed himself.

A Home Office report has said there were “missed opportunities” to prevent her death.

A pre-inquest review into her death is due to go ahead later this year with a date for a full inquest to be fixed.

Regan's dad David Tierney has said he wants Greater Manchester Police (GMP) to take responsibility and for police forces to have greater training about domestic violence and the warning signs which were missed.

He has been campaigning about this subject and during this time has met with former Home Secretary Priti Patel and Labour MP Jess Phillips who also does a lot of work on domestic violence, including reading a list of women killed by their partner each year in Parliament.

He said: “The main reason I am doing this is I want justice for my daughter and her children.

“I also want changes, I do not want other families to have to go through all this.

“I am not against an individual officer, it is about training in domestic abuse, there are officers who do not have the foggiest.”

He added: “I think about Regan every single day.

“I have even got a tattoo of her.”

Mr Tierney also said it would be “a massive thing for me and my family” if GMP admitted it had made mistakes as it would lead to the issues being addressed.

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The Home Office report into the death highlighted that Mr Tierney made a phone call to police twice to report threats made to his daughter the year she died.

However the call handler refused to speak to him in May that year.

The report said this was a “missed opportunity to offer safeguarding advice and add further information to the incident log.”

It concludes: “In the period under review, there were a number of missed opportunities to make routine and targeted enquiries about domestic abusive.

“These opportunities were missed in a range of settings including the GP Practices, Bolton NHS FT services, Greater Manchester Mental Health, Six Degrees and Salford Royal Foundation Trust.”