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A police force has issued an apology to the family of a woman found dead at a convicted sex offender’s residence, following a watchdog’s findings of failings in their initial investigation
Kelly Faiers, 61, died at the address of Richard Scatchard, 70, in Minehead, Somerset, on October 15, 2023.
Officers attended the property and engaged with Scatchard, who possessed a history of sexual offence convictions in which he administered drugs to his victims.
An Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) inquiry revealed that despite officers' concern
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