and inconsistencies" in the police response to what it called the "epidemic" of violence against female victims in the uk. the report was commissioned by the home secretary priti patel in the wake of the murder of sarah everard. earlier we heard from zoe billingham, her majesty's inspector of constabulary — who works for the watchdog that wrote the report. she said real commitment and resources are needed from those in government and policing to change the approach to these kinds of offences. i was really shocked by the scale of the harm that's being inflicted on women and girls across the country. i've worked in this area for a long time and every day new figures were coming forward. we already knew 1.6 million women are victims of domestic abuse and a woman is killed every three days by a man. but we also heard about girls being fearful online, we heard about