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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

NI police handling of Katie Simpson case ‘reflected institutional misogyny’

Katie Simpson
Katie Simpson died in August 2020, but no officer thought seriously about abuse and control, the review found. Photograph: Family handout/PA

A catalogue of police failures in handling the suspected murder of a young woman in Northern Ireland reflected institutional misogyny, a report has found.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) missed clear warning signs that Katie Simpson’s death in August 2020 was not suicide but the result of abuse and control, an independent review said on Tuesday.

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