Smith sexually assaulted Diane Fallon, 43, and raped Holly, ten, before strangling them both. He also tortured them. A High Court judge in  ordered he serve at least 32 years of a life sentence, saying at the time Smith had "set a benchmark of depravity below which it is difficult to imagine any other human being sinking." The new report, written by the  Community Justice Authority's Robert Thomson, says Strathclyde Police made errors in their handling of Smith, who the police had "correctly" identified as "high risk" as he had attacked two different youngsters he did not know on the same day.
Smith sexually assaulted Diane Fallon, 43, and raped Holly, ten, before strangling them both. He also tortured them. A High Court judge in Glasgow ordered he serve at least 32 years of a life sentence, saying at the time Smith had "set a benchmark of depravity below which it is difficult to imagine any other human being sinking." The new report, written by the Lothian and Borders Community Justice Authority's Robert Thomson, says Strathclyde Police made errors in their handling of Smith, who the police had "correctly" identified as "high risk" as he had attacked two different youngsters he did not know on the same day.
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Glasgow
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Lothian and Borders