A year before Regan Tierney was stabbed to death, police recorded 'empty threats', inquest told

It took police officers six days to follow up with the family of a young mum after her abusive ex-partner threatened to ‘stab’ them and ‘drive his car into’ their house, an inquest has heard.

Shannon Tierney, sister of Regan Tierney, told police Daniel Patten had made the threats during an argument while on a night out in April 2018, and that she was concerned due to his history of violence and coercive control towards Regan. But when police did attend, the court heard the incident was logged by one officer as ‘a two sided argument with empty threats’.

Regan Tierney was stabbed to death by Patten at her house just over a year later, in June 2019. Patten, 31, also found with critical injuries, died two days later in hospital. A Coroner previously ruled his death was suicide.

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An inquest at Bolton Coroners Court heard on Monday (July 15) how the officers who attended Shannon’s house were given no information about Patten’s previous violence towards Regan, including a conviction after breaking her nose in 2012.

The court heard how Shannon dialled 999 in the early hours of April 22, 2018, after an argument broke out between her and Patten. Shannon told the call handler that Patten had threatened to ‘stab’ her, her partner, and their child, after they had spotted him out when he had told Regan he was staying in.

The 999 call was abandoned that night. However, the court heard that Shannon and her partner called Greater Manchester Police three times across the following six days, asking to make a statement.

In those calls, Shannon reportedly told the call handler that Patten had ‘nearly killed’ Regan in the past, and that Shannon was