FIVE police officers have been served with misconduct notices over a probe into the murder of pregnant teenager Jayden Parkinson.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating the way Thames Valley Police responded to reports the 17-year-old was missing.

Jayden’s body was found in the grave of Blakeley’s dead uncle, Alan Kennedy, in the churchyard of All Saints Church, Didcot, on December 18 last year, two weeks after she went missing.

Her former boyfriend, Ben Blakeley, 22, of Christchurh Road in Reading, was convicted of her murder last month and sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum term of 20 years.

The investigation focuses on officers’ actions between December 4-12 when Blakeley was arrested for murder, and interviews with officers are under way,

IPCC Associate Commissioner Guido Liguori said: “Jayden’s family continue to go through an incredibly difficult time, and I again offer my condolences to them.

“Now that the murder trial has concluded, we can provide a clearer picture of our investigation and the progress that has been made in recent months.

“As well as examining the individual actions of officers and staff in response to Jayden being reporting missing and whether these were appropriate, our investigation has also been looking at the force’s policies and systems around missing person reports.

“There is still work to do and it is vital that we establish as full a picture as we can as to how the force responded to Jayden being reported missing, and the contact officers and staff had with her and Ben Blakeley in the months before her murder.”