Jayden Parkinson: Police officers receive final written warnings

Jayden Parkinson was found dead in December 2013

Three Thames Valley Police officers have been disciplined over an inquiry into the disappearance of murdered teenager Jayden Parkinson.

Two officers received final written warnings - the highest sanctions available - for breaching standards of professional behaviour.

One officer admitted misconduct and received a written warning.

They relate to the force's response to Jayden going missing from Oxford on the day she was killed, 3 December 2013.

The misconduct also concerns contact the police had with the 17-year-old before her death.

Ben Blakeley, 23, from Reading, Jayden's ex-boyfriend, strangled her and buried her in an occupied grave in Didcot, where she was discovered on 18 December.

Last month a civilian staff member was found to have "no case to answer" over the same investigation.

The misconduct proceedings followed an enquiry by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).

The force's head of professional standards Det Ch Supt Tim De Meyerr said the officers' conduct had "fallen short of the standards expected".

He said they would now receive training and development.

None of the Thames Valley Police employees have been named, but the force said a copy of its report may be published once misconduct proceedings had been concluded.