Police Ombudsman Clears Officer in Ms. Simpson's Death

0:00It's April 9th. Europe News Today starts now, AI-powered and pan-European. I'm Cory with the story. A police ombudsman report just cleared a PSNI officer and a complaint over the death of 21-year-old show jumper, Ms. Simpson, from County Armage. She died in hospital nearly a week after an incident on August 3rd, 2020, in Letter Shandone. Cops first ruled it a suicide, but a year later arrested her sister's partner, Jonathan Creswell, for murder. His trial ended abruptly with his death in 2024. That initial call, not to treat it as suspicious, sparked family claims of police conflicts of interest. An earlier ombudsman probe already called the investigation flawed, saying officers wrongly assumed self-inflicted injuries and let the family down. Big time. The family pushed hard for answers, and now they've learned the ombudsman found zero evidence of personal ties between the officer and anyone, involved. No criminal wrongdoing either. Investigators dug through witness statements, phone records, emails, and more, but came up

1:04empty on Miss Conda claims. No recommendations went to the PSNI about that officer, and this part of the case is closed. Meanwhile, two other family complaints tied to the murder are nearing the finish line, so more details could drop soon on how police handled the whole.