The Metropolitan Police has announced that it will re-investigate the circumstances leading up to the decision to indict TV presenter Caroline Flack, citing “new witness evidence that may become available.”
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) recommended that the former Love Island presenter receive a warning after an incident with her boyfriend in December 2019, but an appeal from the Metropolitan Police overturned this and she was instead given a warning. He was charged with assault by beating.
Flack was found dead in February 2020 at the age of 40, and the coroner later ruled that she had committed suicide after learning that prosecutors were planning to file assault charges.
The Metropolitan District has now announced that it is conducting a “further investigation” into possible new witness evidence relating to the actions of the officer who appealed the CPS’s initial decision not to prosecute Flack.
The TV star’s mother Christine Flack told the Mirror: Something very unusual happened to Carrie at the police station that night, but no one kept a proper record to explain why. ”
“As a family, we were left with important unanswered questions.”
The Met said it had referred a complaint from Caroline Flack’s family to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), which determined the majority of the matter had been dealt with.
However, the IOPC referred one aspect of the complaint back to the Metropolitan Railway Department for Professional Standards (DPS).
“This relates to the action of officers appealing the Crown Prosecution Service’s initial decision not to prosecute Flack, as new witness evidence may become available.”DPS officers are currently , we are conducting further investigation into this matter,” the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said in a statement.
An IOPC spokesperson said: “Given the possibility that new witness evidence may be available, we have returned aspects of the complaint to the Met for investigation.”
This is not the first investigation into Flack’s handling of the case.
DPS had previously found there was no wrongdoing, following which Ms Flack’s family escalated their concerns to the IOPC.
Police watchdog IOPC ordered the Met to review complaints relating to the appeal process against the CPS decision, while also reviewing the Met’s decision to prosecute her.
“No illegal actions were found” by the military. However, the IOPC called on the Met to apologize to Ms Flack’s family for failing to record grounds of appeal against the original CPS decision.
At the time, Flack’s mother, Christine, refused to apologize.
The decision to review the circumstances leading up to the decision to prosecute Flack comes after it was announced that British singer Olly Murs will headline the Flackstock Festival, which will be held for the third year on July 22nd. It was conducted.
The event, held in memory of the late TV presenter, will include All Saints singer Shasnay Lewis, X Factor star Rebecca Ferguson, Scottish music artist Tom Walker and The One and Only’s Stars such as singer Chesney Hawks and the band New Dad are also scheduled to perform.
Funds raised at the festival will be split equally between the charities Choose Love, Mind, Samaritans and the Charlie Waller Trust.
