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A critical report into the way police in England and Wales deal with domestic violence has found forces are unnecessarily putting women at risk of violence, or even murder.

Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary interviewed victims and reviewed the work of all 43 forces. They found an "alarming and ineffective response" to abuse from many forces.

鈥楰imberley鈥�, a victim of domestic violence, told Rachel Burden that the officer who initially attended the scene when she was 鈥渋n a massive state of shock鈥� made comments to her about dating that 鈥渁bsolutely gobsmacked鈥� her family and friends:

鈥淗e also told me all about his personal life and suggested he鈥檇 got a friend in the force who would like to take girls like me out.鈥�

鈥楰imberley鈥� and her family and friends also felt that the officer examined her physical injuries inappropriately:

鈥淗e also didn鈥檛 look at all the injuries straight away while everybody was in the room, he said 鈥榦h no it doesn鈥檛 matter鈥� because I鈥檇 put a dress on with leggings, because I had a lot of cuts and marks on my legs and feet.

鈥淚 said 鈥榙o you need to look at those as well鈥� and he said 鈥榦h no that鈥檚 okay鈥� but as soon as they left the room he went 鈥榦h I鈥檒l look at your legs now鈥� and so I showed him and they walked in when I was showing him and they said 鈥榳hy couldn鈥檛 he have looked at that when we were there but as soon as we left, he did鈥�.鈥�

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