The father of a girl who won a landmark legal battle to be cryogenically frozen after her death from cancer has criticised firms who practise the technique for "selling false hope".

The terminally ill 14-year-old had her remains frozen and stored in the hope she could be revived in the future after winning a High Court battle shortly before she died.

Her parents, who are divorced, were embroiled in a dispute over whether her wish should be granted.

Her mother, who she lived with, supported her wish for cryogenic preservation but her father, who she had not seen for nine years, disagreed with the plan.

The girl, who lived in the London and cannot be named for legal reasons,is now being stored at the Cryonics Institute in, Michigan, USA.

In an interview with the Mail on Sunday, her father heavily criticised the institute for "taking advantage of vulnerable people".

He said: "I believe they are selling false hope to those who are frightened of dying - taking advantage of vulnerable people.

"When I asked if there was even a one in a million chance of my daughter being brought back to life, they could not say there was.

There has been much debate over cryonics and some experts have cast doubt as to whether the controversial procedure could be a success.

But hundreds of people are known to have undergone the procedure including 27-year-old Cormac Seachoy who died of neuroendocrine cancer in December 2015.

The University of Bristol graduate liaised with Cryonics UK and US company Alcor so his body could be transported from London to be the US firm's 142nd patient.

Thousands more have signed up for cryonic suspension, in the hope that that medical technology advances could give them a second chance of life.

Clive Coen, a neuroscience professor at King's College London, said cryogenics companies should not be allowed to advertise because there is no evidence the technique works in humans.

He told the Guardian: "There is no evidence outside amphibia and tissue slices that any of this works. We're not at a point where regulation is appropriate. The whole body is just ridiculous and the whole brain is only slightly less ridiculous."

Mr Justice Peter Jackson's ruling was made in October but could not be revealed until after her death.