Linah Keza’s murder was a story foretold. Its lessons for how we treat domestic violence remain unlearned…

Just before her 30th birthday, Linah Keza was stabbed to death by her ex-partner. Decisive police action might have saved her, and could still save others

Days before David Gikawa stabbed his ex-partner Linah Keza to death in her east London home, she went to a solicitor to seek a non-molestation order. Her statement lays out in detail how, over four years, she was harassed, stalked, coercively controlled, intimidated and abused by a man who punched her, attempted to strangle her, suffocated her with a pillow, put a knife in her mouth, threatened to kill any man who came near her and was known to carry a gun.

“I believe that I will be at risk of significant harm if the respondent is not ordered to stop immediately … I am petrified … I do not want to live a life of violence any more,” she said in her statement.

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