Caroline Flack's mother sparks reinvestigation of police complaint
14.02.2022 - 13:15
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The Metropolitan Police have been instructed to reinvestigate Caroline Flack’s mother’s complaint that her daughter was treated differently by police due to her fame.
A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police (MPS) told the BBC that the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) had instructed the MPS to reinvestigate the aspect of an old complaint.
Popular Love Island presenter Caroline Flack died by suicide at the age of 40 in February 2020.
A coroner ruled she took her own life after learning prosecutors were going to press ahead with an assault charge over an incident with boyfriend Lewis Burton.
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Her mother, Christine Flack, told the BBC: "I just want those answers to make me feel better and to make me know that I’ve done the right thing by Caroline."
She added: "It leaves us really sad and really angry because we want to know why they charged her.
"I just want the truth out there. I know it won’t bring her back but I’ve got to do it for her."
Mrs Flack admitted losing trust in the force before saying: "And it won’t bring her back. I know it won’t bring her back. But I’ve got to do it for her."
Flack found out the day before her death that she would be prosecuted with the charge that she hit Burton with her phone while he slept over concerns he had been cheating on her.
The MPS spokesperson said: "Following a review, the IOPC agreed with the MPS that service was acceptable in relation to seven areas of the complaints relating to the response and handling of the incident by the MPS.
"The IOPC has directed the MPS to reinvestigate one element of the complaints. This relates to the process