Police review three cases recorded as suicide

The Police Service of Northern Ireland has confirmed it is reviewing 3 cases recorded arsenic suicide, pursuing the Katie Simpson case.

A Police Ombudsman study into the decease of the County Armagh showjumper recovered that the constabulary probe was flawed and failed her family.

The study said determination had been “a wide deficiency of investigative mindset”, which led to her decease successful 2020 being treated arsenic termination for respective months.

Jonathan Creswell was aboriginal charged with her murder.

Creswell was found dormant astatine location aged 36 portion lasting proceedings successful April.

In a connection to BBC News NI connected Friday the constabulary said: "Following the Katie Simpson case, the Police Service of Northern Ireland is reviewing 3 cases recorded arsenic suicide."

Ms Simpson, 21, from Tynan successful County Armagh, was taken to infirmary with superior injuries aft an incidental successful a location successful County Londonderry, successful August 2020.

Creswell, her sister's partner, had called 999 and pretended helium had recovered her hanging from a stairwell.

But constabulary aboriginal came to the decision that helium had beaten her earlier strangling her.

Ms Simpson was admitted to Altnagelvin Hospital wherever she died six days later, having ne'er regained consciousness.

Multiple reddish flags were missed earlier Creswell was yet charged with her murder.

The anticipation of different specified cases was raised by governmental representatives astatine a Policing Board gathering astatine the commencement of September.