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A coroner has criticised the probation service's "totally inadequate" management of a case worker surveillance of A Man who beat a teenager to death.

David Braddon, 26, gave Conner Marshall, 18, for his divorced partner, former friend is.

Braddon was imprisoned For Life , for the Lord Marshall ' s assassination in the year 2015.

In a narrative conclusion at the Pontypridd examination on Friday, assistant coroner Nadim Bashir said Braddon the case worker was overwhelmed"".

He described how Kathryn Oakley accepted A Number of times that you have done, you could Braddon more with the supervision.

When The Attack Braddon happened was under supervision for drug-related crimes, and a Police Officer .

probation reforms took place in the year 2014, with the privately run " community rehabilitation companies (CRC) on The Work .

it Follows, therefore, that this inquiry had heard in Pontypridd.

Mr Bashir described Braddon ' s probation officer Ms Oakley as a "Brand New to their role" after the launch in January 2014.

"she should have been supervised by a team manager once every six to eight weeks," he said.

"you had a weak team Manager without a team manager in the supervision of their case load.

"the management and The supervision of her was totally inadequate. "

David Braddon, is a Life Sentence for murder

"The failure, however, must contribute in a direct and clear causal connection with Conner Marshall 's death and must have a More Than minimal way," he added.

"But I'm not satisfied, it has not been possible, or even probable proof of the safety link led to Conner Marshall's death.

"simply Put, his death, let alone not have been foreseen or anticipated, because prevents. "

Nadine Marshall spoke at the end of the investigation

according to the investigation, Mr Marshall's mother Nadine, his death was followed by said, the "chaos" after the privatisation of the probation services.

"Today is the culmination of nearly five years of fighting for truth and justice for Conner and find out why our beloved son was The Victim of a callous and unprovoked attack," She Said .

she added the supervision of Braddon was "not robust" and the management system in Wales is "quite inadequate".

Mrs Marshall said: "we will never know whether our son would still be Here Today " if things were Different .

according to the investigation, the trade Union for probation and Family Court staff, Napo, said it raised had "serious concerns" about the company responsible for the probation services in Wales.

He said staff had complained tightened about the excessive work load, by Working Links' to make a decision, 40% of the personnel is superfluous, if he took over the operation in year 2014.

'Scapegoated'

General Secretary Ian Lawrence said: "time and Time Again we see our members as scapegoated by the management on public and private arms of the trial period, if a serious further offence has been committed.

"This is particularly relevant in this tragic case, if it will run so much Empirical Evidence to suggest that The Work were left incapacitated, to a safe and effective operating model. "

He said The Work on the left, went into administration last year, Napo, warned the Minister that his contract was a "failure at all levels".

the National Probation Service Wales Director, Ian Barrow, said: "This was a terrible crime and our thoughts remain with Connor Marshall' s family and friends.

"While The Coroner Conner found the death could not have been avoided, there is No Doubt David Braddon' s probation supervision was not good enough.

"We now have the responsibility for the management of all offenders on probation in Wales from the Community Rehabilitation Company and 800 more probation officers are in training in England and Wales, which will help improve the protection of The Public . "

analysis of BBC Wales, home Affairs correspondent Jenny Rees

If Nothing Else , this investigation shows how difficult probation role.

On a daily basis, officers juggle the supervision of the number of people living chaotic.

processes to try and manage, but in this case, the needs of the junior probation service officers were not fully supported.

managers were aware of, she was feeling overwhelmed, but an online tool suggested your work was Fine - the other had to deal with, After All .

And somewhere in the middle of a changing structure, which may have been overlooked the needs of the Kathryn Oakley.

It has to see a judge look at the inner workings of a service, this was "totally inadequate".

It is now to give up on the Ministry of justice and the National probation certainty that the new way of work is Different .

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Source of news: bbc.com