Alex Malcolm murder: inquest points to failings by probation service

Partner did not know about violent history of Marvyn Iheanacho, who beat her son to deathA jury has concluded that a five-year-old boy was unlawfully killed by his mother’s former partner, and condemned the probation service for a litany of major failings.Alex Malcolm was beaten to death by Marvyn Iheanacho, the former partner of his mother, Liliya Breha, after the boy lost one of his trainers in a park in November 2016. Although the probation service knew about Iheanacho’s violent h