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Terms for bespoke review of Creswell case prepared by Department for Justice, says Long
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05/02/2025
Terms for bespoke review of Creswell case prepared by Department for Justice, says Long
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Members will be aware that on the 13th of January I committed to a bespoke
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review of the Jonathan Creswell case. It's vital that we understand and learn
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from this case both in terms of safeguarding victims and managing
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offenders. I'm keen that the review begins as swiftly as possible. To that
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end my department has prepared draft terms of reference for the review. I've
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written to the Chief Constable, the Chief Executive of the Probation Board for
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Northern Ireland and the Chief Executive of the Western Health and Social Care
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Trust to share and invite comments on these terms of reference and to confirm
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their organisation's involvement in the review. The Prison Service is also
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committed to engaging in this exercise. I'm reflecting on the feedback received
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to date. In addition my department has engaged with a prospective independent
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reviewer who I'm confident will take forward the review in a sensitive and
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comprehensive way. I intend to write to the Justice Committee shortly to confirm
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the final terms of reference and to provide details of the reviewer. The
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primary agencies I've already named, that is the PSNI, Northern Ireland Prison
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Service, Probation Board for Northern Ireland and the Western Health and Social
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Care Trust. However, other organisations represented for example on the public
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protection arrangements in Northern Ireland or on the multi-agency risk
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assessment conference arrangements which is aimed at supporting victims may also
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be invited to participate in the review at the discretion of the reviewer. I
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expect key agencies will want to engage positively and constructively with the
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review and so welcome the feedback that my department has already received from
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agencies to date on their involvement in it. Would the Minister, I suppose, commit
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that the review should also engage with those most hurt by this case, be it
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relatives of the victim and those who suffered as well from the fallout of it?
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Minister. I think it's hugely important that we do engage with the family and
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that is something that we have been doing in terms of looking at the terms
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of reference and how we intend to move forward. It is important that Katie's
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family are at the very heart of the review. They feel that their questions
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have not yet been answered and indeed more questions have arisen than answers
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have been provided. What I want is for the independent reviewer to be in a
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position to engage with them as a priority as the work commences.
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