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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Rebecca Black

EXPLAINED: Police apologise as watchdog finds katie simpson s family failed by probe | Vintage Vibes

Undated family handout photo issued by KRW Law of Katie Simpson at a family birthday party. The initial police investigation into the death of Katie was “flawed”, a police watchdog review has concluded. The Police Ombudsman investigation also found it had “failed” Ms Simpson’s family. The 21-year-old from Tynan, Co Armagh, died in Altnagelvin Area Hospital almost a week after an incident in Gortnessy Meadows, Lettershandoney, on August 3 2020. Police originally thought she had taken her own life. Issue date: Tuesday November 12, 2024. - (PA Media)

Police in Northern Ireland have apologised to the family of murdered showjumper Katie Simpson after a watchdog found their initial investigation was flawed.

The Police Ombudsman investigation concluded it had “failed” Ms Simpson’s family and criticised a “lack of investigative mindset”.

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