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A mother-of-three murdered by her "controlling" partner was "not listened to or heard" by the authorities, a report has found.
Natasha Trevis was stabbed 26 times by Junior Saleem Oakes in August 2012 as she tried to escape from a taxi.
A review into her death found police and social services in Birmingham had not dealt effectively with her complaints about his abusive behaviour.
Police said their approach to domestic violence cases had "radically" changed.
The report, by Birmingham Community Safety Partnership, found Oakes had come to the attention of West Midlands Police 25 times before the murder, including for a string of offences against his ex-partner and her family.
Evidence of his "escalating repeat offender behaviour" had been recorded since 2003, it said, but information on his background had not always been shared between different agencies.
Services provided to 22-year-old Miss Trevis and her three children, fathered by Oakes, were "not effective in keeping them safe", according to the report.
An allegation that a social worker had "let slip" to Oakes that Ms Trevis had aborted their fourth child, five days before she was murdered, was "still under investigation", the report said.
Oakes, now aged 30, admitted Miss Trevis' murder last January and was given a life sentence with a minimum jail term of 22 years.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-30479197