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| Rosie May report slams officers | Rosie May report slams officers |
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| Police and prosecutors have been criticised in an independent report into the murder of Lincolnshire schoolgirl Rosie May Storrie. | Police and prosecutors have been criticised in an independent report into the murder of Lincolnshire schoolgirl Rosie May Storrie. |
| Paul Smith, of Sedgebrook, Lincolnshire, killed 10-year-old Rosie May in 2003, when he was 18. | |
| A review has highlighted three alleged incidents involving Smith and other girls prior to the murder. | A review has highlighted three alleged incidents involving Smith and other girls prior to the murder. |
| Two were not reported. Charges were dropped in a third case, involving the alleged kidnap of a 12-year-old girl. | Two were not reported. Charges were dropped in a third case, involving the alleged kidnap of a 12-year-old girl. |
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| The report, by the Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Board, said: "It is clear that no single agency had full knowledge of all three alleged incidents, so opportunities for professionals to identify Paul's incrementally risky behaviour were limited." | The report, by the Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Board, said: "It is clear that no single agency had full knowledge of all three alleged incidents, so opportunities for professionals to identify Paul's incrementally risky behaviour were limited." |
| It said although he was known to police, the local mental health board and the education authority, none of the agencies had the "full picture". | It said although he was known to police, the local mental health board and the education authority, none of the agencies had the "full picture". |
| Smith was not charged with abducting another girl at gunpoint two years before Rosie-May's murder, because of confusion between police and lawyers, the report found. | |
| Smith had the condition Asperger's Syndrome and this, said the report, would have been spotted years before he killed the young ballet dancer, had he been prosecuted. | |
| Smith was jailed for life for murder in October 2004, and the judge ordered him to serve at least 14 years. | |
| The jury at Nottingham Crown Court heard Rosie-May was found face down on a bed as her parents chatted with guests downstairs at a Christmas party at the family home in Normanton. | |
| She died a day later in hospital. |