THE family of murdered teenage Shana Grice have said they are relieved her killer is behind bars.

In a statement after the sentencing this morning they said: "Shana had complained to the Sussex Police about his stalking her over five times but this was treated as being of low risk and she was given a fine for wasting police time."

"Lane is a dangerous and obsessive man. He showed his arrogance and cowardice at trial.

"We are very relieved the man who killed our precious Shana will serve a long and deserved prison sentence."

They went on: "In his contemptible defence he sought to blame innocent men for his actions.

"He compounded this by relying on the wholly inadequate police assessment of risk to Shana to suggest he was no danger to her.

"We firmly believe Shana would be alive today if Sussex Police had acted to protect Shana on the many occasions she complained about Lane rather than issue her with a fine for wasting police time."