Simpson family to discover police watchdog findings

The household of murdered showjumper Katie Simpson is to observe the findings of a watchdog probe into failures by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).

The Police Ombudsman’s bureau volition pass them of its conclusions connected Tuesday.

For respective months, Ms Simpson’s decease successful 2020 was treated by detectives arsenic suicide.

Multiple reddish flags were missed earlier her sister’s partner, Jonathan Creswell, was yet charged with her murder.

Creswell was found dormant astatine home portion lasting proceedings successful April.

Three women charged with helping him screen up the execution received suspended sentences.

Ms Simpson, 21, from Tynan successful County Armagh, died six days aft being admitted to Altnagelvin Hospital, having ne'er regained consciousness.

Creswell, 36, had beaten her earlier strangling her.

He rang 999 and pretended helium had recovered her hanging from a stairwell.

Chief Constable Jon Boutcher has accepted determination were "a fig of shortcomings" successful the aboriginal stages of the constabulary probe and has met Ms Simpson’s household to apologise.

He told a gathering of the Northern Ireland Policing Board successful August that the PSNI had displayed a mindset which had not been "professionally funny enough".

Prior to Cresswell’s arrest, respective people, including relatives of Ms Simpson, had raised concerns astir him.

He had a erstwhile conviction for an onslaught connected a pistillate successful 2010.

The ombudsman’s investigation, which began successful March 2021, resulted successful a record of 1,400 pages being sent to the PSNI.

It recovered misconduct by a fig of officers, with their cases dealt with by the PSNI’s nonrecreational standards unit.

The probe followed a fig of complaints lodged by Ms Simpson’s family, related to the information that constabulary did not dainty her decease arsenic execution astatine an earlier stage.

They are bringing a civilian enactment against the PSNI.

It is understood a fig of further complaints related to the lawsuit person been made to the ombudsman much recently.

They are present nether investigation.