The potential missed opportunities to stop woman who murdered 'vulnerable' partner after years of abuse

Even Charlotte Dootson's own father described his daughter as a 'walking time bomb'. Suffering from mental health problems since she was a teenager, Mark Dootson said 'all hell lets loose' if his daughter failed to take her medication.

Coupled with her drink and drug abuse, in particular Spice, she became a manipulative and controlling monster who made Mohammed Mukhtar's life a living hell. Despite being almost three decades her senior, Mr Mukhtar was terrified of Dootson.

She was well known to the police but never faced justice for the several physical attacks she subjected him to. In fear of her, Mr Mukhtar would lie to cover for her, refuse to co-operate with police or Dootson would manipulate him into believing she was the one who needed his support.

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Tragically, Dootson would eventually go on to kill Mr Mukhtar, who at five foot three and a little over nine stone, was a 'vulnerable' man. The catalogue of injuries a pathologist discovered after his death are testament to the campaign of abuse Dootson subjected him to.

It is understood a multi-agency review will be conducted, after a judge expressed concerns about the 'deeply disturbing' case. It is expected to examine whether more could have been done to save Mr Mukhtar, known to his family as Amin, from Dootson.

"I hope a review will consider whether he has received appropriate safeguards and protection from those responsible for it," Judge Patrick Field QC said after locking up Dootson for a minimum term of 22-and-a-half years. The review will come too late for Mr Mukhtar's family, who remain 'tormented' at how their 'gentle' loved one was brutally killed.

When Dootson murdered Mr Mukhtar, she was under