Police call in watchdog as man sent to secure unit after woman’s death

Avon and Somerset police refer themselves to IOPC after fatal assault on 86-year-old in Somerset

A man is being held in a secure mental health unit after an 86-year-old woman died in an attack at her cottage in a Somerset village.

Avon and Somerset police have referred themselves to the police watchdog with regards to the action they took after a missing person report hours before the fatal assault.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/P4UsrtF