A mother-of-five who was brutally killed by her violent husband was failed by two police forces before her death, an inquest has found. Lucy-Anne Rushton, 30, was murdered by Shaun Dyson in a 'prolonged attack' in 2019 during which he stamped, kicked and jumped on her and made her swallow her wedding ring.
![[Shaun Dyson murdered the 30-year-old in a 'prolonged attack' during which he made her swallow her wedding ring]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/09/93347597-0-image-m-31_1734686785953.jpg)
But authorities missed several opportunities to intervene and officers made poor decisions when they visited her just weeks before her death, a coroner told the inquest at Winchester Coroner's Court heard. A year before the fatal attacks, officers were called to an altercation between the couple at a hotel in Bournemouth, Dorset, when they were overheard arguing in their room with Dyson calling the mother of five a 'drunken slut'.
![[Dyson killed Ms Rushton in an early morning assault at her home in Andover, in June 2019. Rushton and Dyson are pictured on their wedding day]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/09/93347599-0-image-a-33_1734687604839.jpg)
Police were also notified when a month before Ms Rushton's death, her brother went to the cops to report Dyson for taking photos of him sexually abusing his wife on her 30th birthday. Neither of these incidents were properly followed up by the investigating forces, with Dorset Police failing to secure CCTV evidence of the hotel altercation and Hampshire Constabulary failing to complete a risk assessment.
![[Murder victim Lucy-Anne Rushton with her mother Myra Simpson]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/09/93347591-0-image-m-36_1734687761757.jpg)
One of Ms Rushton's children also made comments at primary school about violence at home which were not referred to children's services. When the matter was eventually referred, just days before Ms Rushton's death, children's services declined the referral.
