Parents of murdered teen blame police failings for her death

The parents of a murdered teenager say she would still be alive today if police had done their job properly.

Georgia Williams, from Shropshire, was killed by asphyxiation-obsessed Jamie Reynolds in May 2013.

Reynolds lured the 17-year-old to his home on the pretence of helping her with a photography project.

But the 24-year-old strangled her before taking pictures of her dead body, which he then dumped in a woodland area near Wrexham in North Wales.

Reynolds was arrested three days later and is now serving a life sentence after admitting the killing.

A Discretionary Serious Case Review, published today, has highlighted a number of areas where more should have been done to prevent Georgia's murder.

Since Reynolds was sentenced to life in prison it emerged:

• He tried to throttle a girl in 2008 but was let off with a caution

• In 2011 he deliberately crashed his car into the car of a girl who rejected his advances

• Three months before killing Georgia, he locked a girl in his house until she threatened to jump out a window

David Shaw, Chief Constable of West Mercia Police, said:

Laura Johnston, the Director of Children's and Family Services at Telford and Wrekin Council, said:

Georgia's parents hope that publishing the findings of the review will save other young lives, adding that saving a life was always one of Georgia's goals.