MORE than $2.5 million in damages has been awarded to the estate of murdered domestic vio­lence victim Samantha Isaacs after a High Court judge ruled that failures by the State, including the police and a magistrate, contributed to her death.

The award was made last Friday by Justice Robin Mohammed, in which he directed the Office of the Attorney General to pay a total of $2.51 million in compensatory and vindicatory damages, together with interest and legal costs, after finding that Isaacs’ constitutional rights, including her right to life and the protection of the law, had been breached.

The award follows a prior ruling in which the judge held that the State was liable for failing to protect Isaacs despite her repeated reports to the police about threats and abuse from her former partner, Kahriym Garcia.