JUST two of 14 officers and staff investigated by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) will be subjected to public disciplinary proceedings over the murder of a stalked teenager.

Both officers left the force before hearings are due to take place into the handling of complaints of stalking made by Shana Grice.

Sussex Police had fined her for wasting police time when she reported her ex-boyfriend Michael Lane five times in six months.

On August 25 2016, her ex-boyfriend slit her throat before trying to burn her body. He was jailed in 2017 for at least 25 years.

Police Constable Trevor Godfrey, who retired in December 2017, was due to face allegations of discreditable conduct earlier in the week, but the hearing has been postponed.

Sussex Police claims that on March 25 2016, after interviewing Ms Grice’s ex-boyfriend, PC Godfrey “concluded that Ms Grice was dishonest, and failed to treat her as a victim, instead warning her about wasting police time.”

Next week a misconduct meeting for another police officer will be carried out in private.

Three officers and three staff have been handed “management advice and further training,” while no further action will be taken over the other five officers investigated.

Parents Sharon Grice and Richard Green, who are considering legal action against the force, said their daughter “paid for the police’s lack of training, care and poor attitude with her life.”

Their lawyer Andy Petherbridge, of Hudgell Solicitors, said officers still had “serious questions to answer about their conduct.”

Sarah Green, co-director of the End Violence Against Women Coalition, said: “It’s extremely disappointing that the two police officers will not be serving officers when these proceedings go ahead.”

Suky Bhaker, acting chief executive of stalking charity the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, said: “Those responsible for failing to protect the victim must be held to account.”