The mother of television star Caroline Flack has accused a senior police officer of prosecuting her daughter because of her celebrity status.
Chris Flack said her daughter took her own life as a consequence of Detective Inspector Lauren Bateman’s personal decision to appeal against the plan to hand the former Love Island host a caution for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend, Lewis Burton.
Ms Flack admitted to hitting Mr Burton when officers were called to her home in London in December 2019, saying she did so because she found out he was cheating on her.
Prosecutors decided to charge Ms Flack with assault after Ms Bateman, the Metropolitan Police inspector on duty at the time, contested their initial decision.
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