The report was prompted after Fiona Pilkington killed herself and her disabled daughter Francecca Hardwick in Leicestershire in 2007 after repeated complaints to police about harassment by youths.

BBC: Getting West Midlands victims to report 'mate crime'

The initial HMIC report came in the wake of the case of Fiona Pilkington who killed herself and her disabled daughter after suffering a decade of abuse from local gangs.

BBC: Anti-social behaviour victims 'slipping through net'

There was nothing controversial about Stockport's second, with Pilkington showing excellent technique to head Michael Rose's cross into the net from 12 yards after the ball bounced off the skiddy turf.

BBC: Stockport 3-2 Rochdale