MURDER victim Jayden Parkinson’s mum says she “still beats herself up” every day – two years after her daughter’s death at the hands of an ex-boyfriend.

Speaking out on the day a complaints watchdog published its report into police “errors”, Samantha Shrewsbury said she kicked Jayden out six months before she died.

“I had had enough,” she said.

“I tried tough love. I’m not perfect, I wasn’t the best mum.”

And reacting to the findings of the Independent Police Complaints Commission she added: “I’m disgusted. If [the police] had stepped up and pulled their fingers out, she would still be alive.”

Pregnant Didcot 17-year-old Jayden was strangled by her former boyfiend Ben Blakeley on December 3, 2013 The IPCC ruled Thames Valley Police made a “series of errors” prior to and after Jayden was killed by Ben Blakeley, who is now serving a life sentence with a minimum of 20 years.

Miss Shrewsbury said: “That is the hardest thing the family has had to deal with.

“They were searching to arrest Ben and there was a point when they knew where he was and they didn’t have the resources.

“If they had stepped up and pulled their fingers out, she would still be alive.”

The IPCC looked into the force’s interactions with Jayden in the year leading up to her murder.

It found Thames Valley Police failed to record information and allocate sufficient resources, but that any actions the officers should have taken would not have prevented her death.

The report revealed that prior to her murder the force made several attempts to arrest Blakeley over indecent images of Jayden.

It said police determined his location on December 2 – the day before the teenager’s murder – but didn’t act because “no resources were available.”

Miss Shrewsbury said: “I understand the police actions in the missing person’s investigation would not have made a difference but in the year leading up to her death they didn’t believe us or listen to us. I’m disgusted.”

Throughout 2013 Thames Valley Police was alerted to several incidents involving Blakeley and Jayden.

Mis-recording of information led to her being given ‘medium-risk’ rather than ‘high-risk’ status.

The report also revealed that in June 2013 Jayden’s mother kicked her out and changed the locks.

Miss Shrewsbury said: “I had had enough – she was coming home stealing to help Ben’s drug habit and they were robbing baggages from trains.

“I tried tough love and kicked her out, I beat myself up about it every day. I tried to make her choose between Ben and me – and she did.

“I had my failings, as most parents do, but I shouted as loud and as hard as I could to the police.”

Miss Shrewsbury said she visited her daughter on the day of the murder: “I took clothes up to her and told her that, whatever decision she made, I was there for her.

“We arranged to go maternity shopping the following Friday. We never got the chance.”

IPCC associate commissioner Guido Liguori said: “Jayden Parkinson had already been murdered by Ben Blakeley when she was reported missing and therefore the actions the police should have taken could not have prevented her tragic death.

“However, Jayden was clearly vulnerable when she came to police attention a number of times prior to her death. If information about these interactions had been correctly recorded on police systems, Jayden would have been treated as a high priority when she went missing.

“Unfortunately it took nearly a week for the force to identify that Jayden was a high-risk missing person.”

The IPCC has told Thames Valley Police it needs to improve the recording of information on its computers.

Following a misconduct meeting held by the force in October, two officers received a final written warning, a third received a written warning and a further case against a Police Community Support Officer was not proven.

Thames Valley Police fully acknowledged the report’s findings and said it was addressing the IPCC’s recommendations.