About this episode

The episode discusses the investigation into Katie Simpson's death and the failures of the PSNI regarding Jonathan Creswell's prior convictions.

After the tragic death of Katie Simpson, Detective Sergeant James Brannigan made aware of the case by journalist Tanya Fowles. Brannigan initiates an investigation into Katie Simpson's death after recognising the failure of the PSNI to flag Jonathan Creswell's prior domestic abuse conviction, or to look into his version of events on the night of Katie's murder. Creswell, and the people around him, have questions to answer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Topics covered

• investigation
• domestic abuse
• murder
• law enforcement
• journalism

Keywords

• Katie Simpson
• James Brannigan
• Tanya Fowles
• Jonathan Creswell
• PSNI
• domestic abuse
• murder investigation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PSNI

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