Caroline Flack’s mother sparks police reinvestigation into assault charge following complaint two years after Love Island star’s death

Caroline Flack
Flack came upon she was to be prosecuted the day earlier than she took her personal life (Image: WireImage)

The Love Islanddied by suicide on February 15, 2020 on the age of 40. Two months prior, Flack was arrested following an incident involving her boyfriend, Lewis Burton, and later came upon that prosecutors had been to press forward with an assault cost. 

Her mom, Christine Flack, nonetheless desires to know why the TV presenter was charged with the assault regardless of prosecutors initially saying she ought to be given a warning.

She advised the BBC: ‘I simply need these solutions to make me really feel higher and to make me know that I’ve completed the correct factor by Caroline. 

‘It leaves us actually unhappy and actually indignant as a result of we need to know why they charged her.

‘I simply need the reality on the market. I do know it received’t convey her again however I’ve received to do it for her.’ 

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Flack was arrested following an incident with boyfriend Lewis Burton (Image: @mrlewisburton, Instagram)

When requested if she believes the choice to cost Flack contributed to her dying, Christine stated: ‘Oh, completely. Completely. She couldn’t see a method out.’ 

Christine defined that she has misplaced belief within the police drive and acknowledged that whereas the reinvestigation ‘received’t convey her again’, she feels she’s ‘received to do it for her’. 

It’s believed that Flack was advised the day earlier than her dying that she could be prosecuted with the cost that she hit Burton along with her telephone whereas he slept over considerations he had been dishonest on her.

Caroline Flack
The Love Island presenter died two years in the past (Image: WireImage)

Nonetheless, associates of the star stated she was anticipating the case to be dropped after her legal professionals utilized for it to be thrown out. 

Coroner Mary Hassell discovered that Flack killed herself as a result of she knew she was being prosecuted and couldn't face the press protection.

The MPS spokesman stated of Christine’s criticism: ‘Following a evaluate, the IOPC agreed with the MPS that service was acceptable in relation to seven areas of the complaints regarding the response and dealing with of the incident by the MPS.

‘The IOPC has directed the MPS to reinvestigate one aspect of the complaints. This pertains to the method concerned in interesting the CPS determination to warning Ms Flack.

‘We are going to re-examine this aspect of the investigative course of.

‘Our ideas and sympathies stay with Caroline’s household.’


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