Jenny Friel
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And we have heard from Noelene a couple of times.
She did give an interview to the BBC at one point, but very little.
So she says she finds it hard to read this report.
So many things were missed, not done properly and felt like there was a lack of care for Katie from the police.
From the beginning, it was as though Jonathan Creswell was controlling everything.
His mind set seemed fixed.
He had planned it.
The way Katie was treated felt abusive and deeply disrespectful.
She was put into a car and left on the side of a road in an ambulance as if she did not matter.
And then she points out a few interesting things that I suppose we hadn't been aware of before.
When we arrived at the hospital, there were no police officers present.
No one was there to tell us what had happened to our daughter, when it happened or how.
We stood in the corridor waiting for a nurse, hoping Katie would be okay.
Creswell was allowed to sit with us and the idea that Katie had taken her own life was already being planted in our minds.
Despite everything we knew about her, that narrative took hold.
He had us convinced."
And the review pointed this out as well.
That should have been flagged, reported, followed up that there was this young girl.
Why was she stowing away?
Nothing was asked of her.