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West Mercia Police asks other force to investigate its handling of 'previous incidents' of murderer Jamie Reynolds

Jamie Reynolds Credit: West Mercia Police

West Mercia Police has asked another force to carry out an investigation into the police handling of 'previous incidents' of murderer Jamie Reynolds.

Reynolds was given a whole life jail term for the murder of Georgia Williams, from Wellington in Shropshire, last year.

Georgia Williams was murdered by Jamie Reynolds last year Credit: West Mercia Police

The Independent Police Complaints Commission recommended that the investigation should be managed by West Mercia Police, but the force has asked Devon and Cornwall Police to conduct the inquiries, saying it would be "more appropriate" for the investigation to be carried out by another force.

In a statement, West Mercia Police, said: "As an investigation is therefore still pending it would be inappropriate for us to comment further around the specific details of the enquiries at this stage."