Katie Simpson murder: Damning inquiry finds “institutional misogyny”
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What were the initial findings regarding Katie Simpson's death?
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Cresswell's trial over the murder ended in April 2024 after he took his own life following the first day of proceedings. Joining me to report on the Katie Simpson review are crime correspondent Alison Morris. Alison, we now have the report of the Katie Simpson review and it is utterly damning.
It is. It is massive as well. It is a really comprehensive report compiled by Dr. Jan Millia. And it is, I've been doing this a long time. I've covered many public inquiries. I've covered many ombudsman reports. It is damning. And I'll give you an example. What happened today was myself and the other journalists covering this. I had to be there for nine o'clock. We were locked in a room with this report and allowed to go through it. But we weren't allowed to report on it until about half eleven when the justice minister stood up in the Assembly to deliver its findings in front of the other MLAs. And while we were in that room, and these are like seasoned journalists in the BBC, from UTV, from the Irish Times, people were saying, usually in this report you go, well, what is the main takeaway?
What is the main line? What is going to be the main headline out of this? There is a headline in every three pages of this story. There is a potential front page story every couple of pages. It is horrendous. It is failure after failure after failure. Kitty was just let down by everyone she came in contact with.
And in terms of policing, I mean, when I look at the bullet points of the failures here, I mean, it's complete failure. They failed in the initial stages in everything. And it does leave one in terms of, if this is the standard of investigation here, you have to think, well, are there murderers who have got away with things out there? Because what happened here, like police officers investigating the case There was a failure to secure phones or even photograph Katie's multiple injuries. Key witness statements dismissed. Forensic opportunities missed. Not preserving vital evidence. Institutional misogyny. Clear warning signs being missed. And it found that police demonstrated a striking lack of professional curiosity.
I mean, this is just a few quotes.
You know, it goes back even further than that, because originally we know that Jonathan Cresswell, Kitty had been living with him and her sister, Christina, who was Cresswell's partner and their children. But she'd been with him from she was at school and the sort of coercive control, the verbal abuse, the physical abuse. The manipulation, the state of, she was basically a human, a slave to this man. She worked in the stables, he kept her pay.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What were the initial findings regarding Katie Simpson's death?
0:00–4:46
2
How did the police investigation fail in Katie's case?
4:46–10:54
3
What evidence was overlooked during the investigation?
10:54–17:23
4
What role did Jonathan Cresswell play in Katie's life?
17:23–25:04
5
What were the systemic issues identified in the PSNI's handling of the case?
25:04–25:30
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