My daughter was murdered by evil boyfriend who stabbed her lifeless body 18 times… she was failed by string of mistakes
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WHEN Jan Parker-Cass met her daughter Laura Harrison’s boyfriend for the first time, she instantly got a bad feeling about him. Laura met Jonathon Robinson, 31, in a rehabilitation centre during her recovery for alcohol addiction. The ex-con had bragged about being in jail for armed robbery and 63-year-old Jan was worried for Laura’s safety. Tragically, her mother’s instincts were right.
![[Photo of Laura Harrison.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/jan-parker-cass-met-daughter-965216753.jpg?strip=all&w=452)
In August 2018, just seven months after she left the facility, evil Robinson strangled the 36-year-old mum-of-two and stabbed her in a frenzied attack in his flat. Even after Laura had died, Robinson continued his vile assault, stabbing her lifeless body.
![[A mother and daughter posing together for a photo.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/jan-parker-cass-met-daughter-965216755.jpg?strip=all&w=480)
He inflicted fractures to her nose, neck and two ribs, eighteen stab wounds to her body and a slash wound to her face. When paramedics arrived, the callous killer described her as “my bitch of a girlfriend”. In 2019, at Leeds Crown Court, Robinson was sentenced to life in prison for murder, with a minimum of 21 years.
![[Mugshot of Jonathon Joseph Robinson, convicted of murder.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/jonathon-joseph-robinson-32-found-965219169.jpg?strip=all&w=663)
Now Jan, a customer assistant from Middlesborough, says there were “countless missed opportunities” to prevent her daughter’s murder. She says: “Laura should never have been placed with a violent criminal. “There were so many missed opportunities by professionals that could have prevented the murder of my beautiful daughter if those opportunities were acted upon, and the processes in place had been followed.
![[Photo of Laura Harrison, who struggled with alcohol addiction.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/laura-pictured-struggled-alcohol-addiction-962626910.jpg?strip=all&w=826)
“I carry these with me every day for the rest of my life.”. A recent review involving Durham Tees Valley Community Rehabilitation Company, Cleveland Police and adult services at Middlesbrough Council has identified lessons to be learned from failings surrounding Laura’s untimely death.
![[A mother and her young daughter.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/jan-pictured-daughter-laura-child-962626909.jpg?strip=all&w=793)
