Sussex police apologise to murdered girl's family

I would like to extend my sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Shana Grice, who was murdered by Michael Lane.

When we looked at the circumstances leading to Shana’s murder, we felt we may not have done the very best we could.

Within days of her murder I personally visited Shana's family to apologise on behalf of Sussex Police and we made a referral to the IPCC.

The referral was specifically in relation to how we dealt with incidents involving Shana leading up to her murder.

Since then we have thoroughly reviewed all aspects of how we deal with cases of stalking and harassment and, working with partners, we have now taken on the learning and our approach is more robust.

We are fully cooperating with the IPCC and until we receive their report we cannot comment further."