Zara Aleena family ‘tortured’ by thought death was

Law graduate’s murder by Jordan McSweeney in 2022 highlights ‘crumbling justice system’, jury hears

The family of Zara Aleena, who was sexually assaulted and murdered in east London while walking home after a night out, has been “tortured” by thoughts her death was preventable – and that a “crumbling justice system” contributed to it.

As a jury-led inquest into the death of the 35-year-old law graduate opened at Walthamstow coroner’s court on Monday, her aunt Farah Naz read a statement saying: “Since her death we have been campaigning so that our daughters, sisters, friends can be safe and protected as Zara never was. This is Zara’s legacy.”