‘Don’t think like that’: police officer told Hannah Clarke not to live in fear, inquest hears

In texts to police, murdered mother of three said her estranged husband wouldn't hesitate to kill me, I can see it in his eyes'

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Days after speaking to police for the first time, Hannah Clarke showed authentic fear" about her children when she unexpectedly saw the same officer again, an inquest has heard.

When Clarke spoke to police for the first time about her estranged husband, Rowan Baxter, on 6 December 2019, she was unaware she was in a domestic violence relationship, senior constable Kirsten Kent told the inquest.

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