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Nicola

Nicola

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Crime World
Katie Simpson murder review exposes 'institutional misogyny' in PSNI

It was pneumonia coupled with the cranial injuries and I'll find it to get it correct.

Crime World
Katie Simpson murder review exposes 'institutional misogyny' in PSNI

I don't know if you want to pick up something there that you spotted or that interests you in the review.

Crime World
Katie Simpson murder review exposes 'institutional misogyny' in PSNI

The most serious being the 2009 attacks against Abbey Lyle, who ends up kind of freeing herself from him, going for help and coming to court.

Crime World
Katie Simpson murder review exposes 'institutional misogyny' in PSNI

He pleads guilty at the last minute to a string of offences.

Crime World
Katie Simpson murder review exposes 'institutional misogyny' in PSNI

And we don't hear a huge amount of evidence because of that.

Crime World
Katie Simpson murder review exposes 'institutional misogyny' in PSNI

But those who did hear what he was originally facing during bail hearings were completely shocked.

Crime World
Katie Simpson murder review exposes 'institutional misogyny' in PSNI

And one of those people was Tanya Fowles, was a court reporter at the time.

Crime World
Katie Simpson murder review exposes 'institutional misogyny' in PSNI

And she describes to us in the podcast how she,

Crime World
Katie Simpson murder review exposes 'institutional misogyny' in PSNI

was chilled to the bone when you're looking at this small, you know, innocent looking, I suppose, jockey.

Crime World
Katie Simpson murder review exposes 'institutional misogyny' in PSNI

And you're hearing the kind of things he did because, of course, he not only beat her repeatedly and over her pattern, he brought her in a car over the border, told her she was in the forest of Castle Leslie and attempted to string her by the neck of a tree, having beaten her to the point that he was sweating so heavily he had to take off his shirt.

Crime World
Katie Simpson murder review exposes 'institutional misogyny' in PSNI

And despite, she was clearly the oldest of all the women that surrounded him, by far.

Crime World
Katie Simpson murder review exposes 'institutional misogyny' in PSNI

She was in her 40s and the others were much younger.

Crime World
Katie Simpson murder review exposes 'institutional misogyny' in PSNI

Much younger, yeah, yeah.

Crime World
Katie Simpson murder review exposes 'institutional misogyny' in PSNI

The report opens with some comments from Noelene Mullen, who is the mother of Katie Simpson.

Crime World
Katie Simpson murder review exposes 'institutional misogyny' in PSNI

Just read a little bit of that, the family forward.

Crime World
Katie Simpson murder review exposes 'institutional misogyny' in PSNI

And Cresswell, just pointing out, was the father of her grandchildren at this point.

Crime World
Katie Simpson murder review exposes 'institutional misogyny' in PSNI

I mean, he's not somebody who isn't welcomed into this family at this point.

Crime World
Katie Simpson murder review exposes 'institutional misogyny' in PSNI

He has been welcomed into the family and he's very much part of the family.

Crime World
Katie Simpson murder review exposes 'institutional misogyny' in PSNI

And him and Christina are seen as a very stable couple who Katie is allowed go and stay with and is sort of...

Crime World
Katie Simpson murder review exposes 'institutional misogyny' in PSNI

you know, when she, at one point, and it details this in the report, when she kind of gets away from him, goes over to Scotland to work.