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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

Gracie Spinks: police response to stalking case ‘diabolical’, parents say

Gracie Spinks with her horse
Gracie Spinks reported Michael Sellers to the police four months before her death in June 2021. Photograph: Gracie Spinks/Facebook

The parents of Gracie Spinks have said the police response to their daughter’s stalking case was “diabolical” as they called for a national change and more funding for stalking advocates in forces to protect future victims.

An inquest jury concluded on Thursday that Gracie was unlawfully killed by a man she had reported for stalking, after Derbyshire police admitted a number of failings in the handling of her case.

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