A woman who was murdered by her ex-partner told police he had threatened to “have her head on a spike” and “throw acid in her face” the month before she died, but it was not deemed a high risk situation.

Regan Tierney was killed by her partner Daniel Patten at her home on Manchester Road, Walkden in June 2019.

An inquest into the death of the 27-year-old mother of two is taking place at Bolton Coroners Court.

The court heard previously there had been ten years of incidents including one in 2012 where he had broken her nose.

Her mother had also told the police that he had tried to strangle her and in 2017 he had been removed from a property by police.

The inquest heard from Police Constable Stephen Roxburgh, who visited Regan the month before her death.

The visit took place after she had phoned the police to complain about her former partner.

Footage of the meeting was played to the court.

In it Regan said: “My ex-partner has been threatening me constantly.

“He follows me around the house swearing and screaming.

“I wanted to know my options, what I can do to stop it.

“He says he is going to put my head on a spike, to end my life, to throw acid in my face.”

She said he had asked calmly if she was seeing anyone else and when she confirmed this he had messaged saying “he is dead.”

But she said she did not want to take further action with the police and just wanted a log made of her issues.

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Constable Roxburgh was asked why he had been filed in the least serious risk category for domestic violence.

He said there were no signs she was in “grave danger.”

He said he had seen the log and was aware of incidents from 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2017.

He said: “Over a 10-year period there have been four such incidents.

“Over such a long period of time I did not deem it a risk to her life at the time.”

The inquest, before Coroner Peter Sigee, continues.