Overview

• An IOPC report revealed that officers failed to follow up on multiple anonymous calls reporting Wheeler’s presence and cries for help at a Yeovil address
• Michael Wheeler was fatally attacked on August 24, 2024, by Mark Roberts and David Garland after they mistook him for a paedophile
• Wheeler’s remains were recovered on September 25, 2024, in a derelict caravan on farmland in Yarlington
• Both Roberts and Garland were convicted earlier this year of murder and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm and received life sentences with minimum terms of 27 and 32 years respectively
• His family has criticised the delayed discovery and is calling for greater accountability and reforms to police handling of anonymous intelligence