Pc's killer 'failed drug tests'

A drug addict jailed for killing a police dog handler should have been returned to prison for failing drug tests, a report has revealed.
David Parfitt, 26, was jailed for 13 years in December 2003 for the manslaughter of Pc Ged Walker.

The report said his probation officer wrongly accepted his excuses for breaching the terms of his release.

Parfitt failed 10 drug tests out of 19 after he was placed on a tagging scheme following his early release.

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The Home Office report by HM Inspector of Probation, Professor Rod Morgan, said his probation officer should have ordered Parfitt's recall in September 2002, but continued to show "inappropriate leniency" for a further three months.

Pariftt once told her that he had missed a drug test because he was "feeling unwell as he had been smoking heroin really heavily".