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Pre-inquest brief

Lack of professional curiosity in risk assessment

Organisation: Metropolitan Police Service · Generated: 26 Oct 2026

Recurance · recurance.com/chains/4671517d9e8d291d

The earlier warning

Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor · 21 Jan 2022 · HH Judge Munro QC, East London

“First, lack of professional curiosity. This is a phrase which has been used to try and capture what lay at the root of many of the individual errors and oversights.”

judiciary.uk/…/anthony-walgate-gabriel-kovari-daniel-whitworth-…

What was promised

Stated action 1 · response to Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor (21 Jan 2022) · stated timescale: 30th June 2022

“the MPS will embed these changes across the whole organisation by 30th June 2022.”

judiciary.uk/…/2022-0017-Response-from-MPS_Published.pdf

What recurred

  • 26 Jul 2024 · Zara Aleena · Nadia Persaud · Closely related · confidence 0.90 (high)

The clearest link, quoted from both reports:

Earlier · Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor · 21 Jan 2022

“First, lack of professional curiosity. This is a phrase which has been used to try and capture what lay at the root of many of the individual errors and oversights.”

Later · Zara Aleena · 26 Jul 2024

“(6) There was a lack of professional curiosity and a lack of sufficient probing into information relevant to risk.”

What happened next

No web check of the stated actions has been published for this chain.

Every quote is verified word for word against the original report on judiciary.uk. A link shows that a similar concern was raised again, not why. It is not a finding about any organisation or person.

Source: Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, Open Government Licence v3.0.