A regional daily has demanded the resignation of a police boss who claimed Sarah Everard should “never should have submitted” to killer police officer Wayne Couzens.

The Yorkshire Post has called for North Yorkshire’s police, fire and crime commissioner Philip Allott to quit his post over his comments following the sentencing of Ms Everard’s rapist and murderer Couzens, who conducted a fake arrest in order to kidnap his victim, to a whole life prison term.

Mr Allott told BBC Radio York women needed to be “streetwise about when they can be arrested and when they can’t be arrested” and also urged women to “just learn a bit about that legal process”.

The Conservative PCC later apologised for his comments, saying he wanted “to retract them in full”.

But the Post has demanded his resignation after splashing on the controversy on Monday, pictured above.

An accompanying opinion piece in the Leeds-based Post stated: “If Philip Allott has any honour, he will be tendering his resignation as North Yorkshire’s police, fire and crime commissioner after he brought his office into disrepute by making some of the most crass comments ever made by a police leader.

“His insensitive assertion that Sarah Everard, whose family come from York, ‘never should have submitted’ to her ‘arrest’ by Pc Wayne Couzens, the monster who abducted, raped and murdered the 33-year-old, alienated virtually every single woman as the Bishop of Ripon led countless calls for his resignation.

“It also embarrassed voters and left police officers in despair. But what is equally galling is that North Yorkshire – and policing per se – will remain lumbered with Mr Allott for a further four years unless he steps down of his own accord.”

The Post went on to note it was “perfectly possible” for Mr Allott to stay in office unless his local crime panel, headed by North Yorkshire County Council leader Carl Les, “persuades him to resign”.

It added: “As such, this newspaper’s fervent hope is that Mr Allott does the right thing and quits because, frankly, his remarks, and brazen lack of humility in his statement yesterday, means he will never command sufficient confidence to carry out his duties – not least to women and girls – as he is so clearly incapable of understanding the problem, let alone able to come up with any solutions.”

HTFP has approached Mr Allott’s office for a comment.