Utterly shocked: Woman whose photos were defaced to fuel Jamie Reynolds' fantasies

Jadine Dunning was unaware that Reynolds had been using her images until after Georgia Williams was murdered.

The 24-year-old waived her right to anonymity in a bid to save the lives of other young women in the future.

The hairdresser said she was utterly shocked when she found out about how Reynolds had used her images.

She decided to speak out at a press conference held to mark the release of the serious case review into the handling of Reynolds.

She said: "Obviously I've been anonymous for 18 months now and it was a real umm and ahh decision whether to do it or not but after reading the reports, especially the Devon and Cornwall report, the failings were shocking to me and if coming public can make people aware of these failings and how severe they were then I think it is a good thing.

"Georgia had a bucket list and on that bucket list she stated that she wanted to save a life. Between me, Lynnette and Steve we can help Georgia save a life."

Miss Dunning, who lives in St Georges, said she is incredibly close to the Williams family, and has been best friends with Georgia's older sister Scarlett since childhood.

She was not told about the images until after Georgia had gone missing and was left "confused" by the information she was given by police.

"I first got a visit from the police when Georgia was missing, we didn't know she had died, at this point again nobody mentioned the images to me. They were very vague, just questioned me on Reynolds and I was really confused if I'm honest.

"When it came to light that Georgia's body had sadly been found the police turned back up at my door and asked me to identify these images and that was the first I heard of them.

"To be honest, it was just shrugged off at first. I can appreciate changes are being made now.

"I have had victim support put in place for me but at the time, informing me about the images, it was a bit thrust upon me out of nowhere and my initial reaction was why the hell did I not find out about this years ago?

"Ultimately I believe if I had've known then Georgia could've had a warning and she would be with us today.

"I was utterly shocked, especially as it had just come to light after a dear friend of mine had been killed."

Miss Dunning said she had known of Reynolds for years and had no idea that his behaviour was potentially dangerous.

She said: "I was in the same class with him for five years. He was very quiet, a bit of a recluse, kept himself to himself. I'm not going to lie, he was a bit odd, but I would never expect he was capable of that."

All those involved in the case have been sent the inquiry report completed earlier this year by Devon and Cornwall Police, together with today's serious case review carried out by agencies within the West Mercia area.

Miss Dunning praised both reports, adding: "1 think the reports are very thorough. Devon and Cornwall did a fantastic job in investigating and finding out all the failings. It was heart-wrenching to find out how many authorities made so many major mistakes.

"There was a number of red flags in place regarding Reynolds. On the other hand none of these were acted upon.

"I feel I was completely disregarded. They say they did everything feasibly possible to protect us from harm but from where I'm sitting nothing was done.

"I think about it all the time, you can beat yourself up with the what ifs and that's the hardest thing to deal with.

"Me and Scarlett are best friends and I spend a lot of time with the family. That's the main reason why I'm here today, and for myself. The way I was treated was disgusting and I do believe they put my life in danger."

Today's report reveals that, in 2008, Reynolds was given a final warning by police following an attack on a 16-year-old girl at his home in Avondale Road, Wellington, where he enticed her to his home under the ruse of a photoshoot and tried to strangle her. She struggled and was able to escape.

In the detailed review of findings within the discretionary case review, it said: "No photographs were taken of the injuries to the girl and she was not examined by a forensic medical examiner.

"No search was undertaken of Reynolds' address to look for further evidence.

"There was no indication of motivation for what presented as a bizarre, potentially serious and unprovoked attack on a 16-year-old girl.

"There were opportunities which would have formed part of standard police procedure, to seek more information, which may have helped clarify Reynolds' motivation and supported any eventual charge and procedure.

"My impression is that Reynolds had made an admission which would have been sufficient to allow the officers to proceed. They chose on that basis not to investigate further. Their approach was narrow in its perspective and seemed aimed at ensuring a speedy resolution rather than an understanding of what had occurred. Reynolds showed himself to be inventive in planning for the girl to go to his home.

"He lied with ease during questioning, demonstrated a lack of concern for the situation in which he found himself."

The victim later made complaints about how Reynolds had treated her after the attack but these were not followed up by any agencies.

His parents later provided two photographs that they had found in his room where he had altered images of girls to add make-up and nooses around their necks.

They said Reynolds had been accessing violent pornography for two years featuring images of women being hanged.

According to the report: "The information provided by Reynolds' parents gave a clear indication of an interest in sexual violence and potential links between this and the attack on the girl, particularly in the absence of any clear explanation as to Reynolds' motivation. Reynolds was not questioned further about these images or their potential link to the assault.

"No search was undertaken of his home, which may have brought to light further, relevant information and his computer was not checked, although all of these actions would have been within the scope of appropriate police procedure.

"There is no clear understanding from the information available as to why these matters were not pursued and why the shortcomings in the investigation were not identified and responded to by a supervising officer.

"The impression is one of a blinkered approach to the case, which has already been suitably resolved in the minds of those dealing with it and an unwillingness or lack of initiative and imagination in considering the possible implications of the additional information and the need to investigate further."

Today's report states that dealings with Reynolds in regards to the 2008 offence ended in March 2010.

He next came to the attention of police in August 2011, when he deliberately reversed into the car of a co-worker.

Staff at the service station where he worked told police that this was in response to her rejecting his advances but it was not investigated further.

The report said: "Although the officers had been given some indication that the incident was deliberate in retaliation for his colleague's rejection of him, they viewed it in the context of Reynolds' distressed state of mind at the time. The incident was dealt with as an accident.

"No checks were made at the time on the police information system, nor were the officers involved aware of the offence in 2008.

"In the event that the officers had undertaken basic checks, it could be expected that they would have been more alert to the potential concerns in this case and considered the incident more carefully and the deliberate nature of Reynolds' actions."

The report said: "In retrospect it is clear that had the matter been looked into in more detail it would have highlighted Reynolds' ongoing and developing behaviour and the needs for serious concern about the risks he posed."

When Reynolds once more came to the attention of the police, links were not made with the 2008 offence so that an opportunity to identify and respond to an emerging pattern of behaviour was missed.

A press conference was held at the Ramada Hotel in Telford to officially release the report.

At the meeting were West Mercia Police Chief Constable David Shaw; Laura Johnston, director for children and family services at Telford & Wrekin Council, chairman of Telford & Wrekin Safeguarding Children Board, Tom Currie, chairman of the MAPPA Strategic Management Board, along with Jadine Dunning and Steve and Lynnette Williams.

All agencies agreed that the response to the initial case had been too narrow and the report had been part of an ongoing process to better protect people in the future.

Chief Constable David Shaw said: "This is among the top things I have had to deal with in terms of tragedy impact on the community and of course on the family and friends of Georgia.

"When things do go wrong it is important that someone like me does sit up and take the questions.

"As a dad and a member of the public, my confidence would have taken a blow.

"We are charged with looking after the public and we didn't do that on this occasion," he added.

Following the report, a number of changes have been made to the way services operate.

A new harm assessment unit was created within the West Mercia Police to manage the way individuals are referred to other agencies.

An audit has taken place into all crimes where a child has harmed another child, with changes made to training given to all staff.

The West Mercia serious case review report, released today, states: "The repeated failure to fully consider current and future risk and its management on a multi-agency basis represents a serious failing in this case."