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The family of a woman who was brutally murdered have called for an investigation after a female prison worker was charged with having an inappropriate relationship with her killer. Jordan McSweeney, from Rochester, killed law graduate Zara Aleena, 35, as she walked home from a night out in Ilford in the early hours of June 26, 2022. He was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 38 years at the Old Bailey in December 2022 after admitting Zara’s murder and sexual assault. In November 2023, he won a Court of Appeal bid to reduce the minimum term of his life sentence. McSweeney had been rel…

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