British police are failing the British people. They should be ashamed of themselves.

The Telegraph deplores the fact that a vulnerable mother and her two disabled children were tormented relentlessly by young thugs for eleven years and that her repeated requests for help from the police were ignored, leading her to kill herself and one of her children.

In these dread days, our well-paid British police are largely useless in protecting decent and law-abiding citizens from criminals. There should be severe punishment for the officers who by their neglect contributed to this innocent family's great suffering and ultimate destruction.