A coroner is to decide if an inquest needs to be held into the death of a mum 'brutally' murdered by her estranged husband. Tamara Padi, 43, was stabbed to death by Aubrey Pule Padi at her home on Lake Road in Stalybridge on July 7, 2021.
A crown court heard how Padi, now 47, who had separated from Tamara in February of that year after 14 years, had let himself into her house and hid.
He then 'lay in wait' even setting an alarm on his phone to ensure she was asleep when he launched the 'planned and carefully executed attack' as one of their two young children slept in the next bedroom.
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Mrs Padi who worked as a carer and was described as a 'lovely, bubbly, outgoing, professional woman' was 'set about' with a metal 'pull up exercise bar' before being stabbed eight times. She was later pronounced dead in hospital.
In October 2021, Aubrey Padi, from Hyde, was jailed for life with a minimum of 23 years by a judge who said 'no woman should have to endure at the hands of a man what Tamara did in her final hours.'
Today (Wednesday, February 22) a pre-inquest review hearing was held at South Manchester Coroner's Court in Stockport. Area Coroner Chris Morris was told a Domestic Homicide Review into the case had been carried out.
According to the Home Office website these 'try to ensure that public bodies like social services, councils, police, and other community-based organisations understand what happened' and 'identify where responses to the situation could be improved.'
The independent author of the report in this case David Mellor told the hearing it had looked at 'who had contact with Tamara Padi and the perpetrator.'
He said he was awaiting some further information before sending a draft of his report to the Home Office for approval, a process which he said can take several months.
The coroner Mr Morris said he would need to see the final report in order to decide 'whether or not there's sufficient reason to resume the inquest.'
He said the conviction in the criminal court would be a factor in that decision as 'the process in a case like this where there has been a conviction is that this would not usually happen.'
He said he would also take into account the 'work initiated and undertaken as a result of the domestic homicide review and the recommendations that have been made' which he said were 'perhaps not as extensive in this case compared to others' due to the 'relatively minimal contact' with agencies.
A pre-inquest review has been scheduled for October when the coroner will consider the report and give those mentioned within it as well as Mrs Padi's family the chance to make submissions on whether it should proceed.
Paying tribute to her following her tragic death, Tamara's daughter Tia said: "I not only lost my mum but also my best friend all at once. You always were such a happy and outgoing soul, you always knew how to put a smile on my face by just being your crazy happy self."
Her second daughter Mia said: "She was always there for me & loved me wholeheartedly. She said that she loved how I could comfort her in the most hopeless of situations. She promised that I would never have a reason to cry. I’ve come to realise crying is natural so today I will cry. I love my mum."
Whilst a friend said: "Tamara Padi was a happy soul. She was a friend and a sister to anyone who got a chance to know her. Tamara was full of love and made sure everyone around her felt that love.
"She had a way of lifting your spirit with her laughter and her presence. Her joy was almost contagious; you can’t be sad or gloomy around her. She was so full of life! Tamara leaves two beautiful girls behind and we her friends promise to be there for them."
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