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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Rachel Hall and agency

Police to look again at decision to charge Caroline Flack with assault

Caroline Flack, pictured in 2019
Caroline Flack took her own life after learning she was being charged with assault. Photograph: David Fisher/Rex/Shutterstock

Police have been ordered to reinvestigate a complaint from Caroline Flack’s mother that her daughter’s fame had influenced the decision to charge the TV presenter with assault.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has instructed the Metropolitan police to look again at whether Flack was treated differently because of her fame when she was charged with assault rather than receiving a caution, which prosecutors had initially indicated would be the preferred course of action.

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