UK police pay ‘lip service’ to protecting women, says father of abuse victim

Exclusive: Les Van Hagen, whose daughter Suzanne was killed by her partner, calls for inquiry into culture of policing

The father of a woman who died after being choked by her abusive partner has accused police of paying lip service" to the protection of women and girls and called for a public inquiry into the culture of UK policing.

West Midlands police apologised last month for a number of failings in the case of Suzanne Van Hagen, 34, who suffered months of domestic abuse before she died in February 2013.