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Amber Peat: IPCC 'significant concerns' over delay Amber Peat: IPCC 'significant concerns' over delay
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Nottinghamshire Police took two days to investigate a sighting of missing schoolgirl Amber Peat close to where she was found dead, a report has found. Nottinghamshire Police took two days to investigate a sighting of missing girl Amber Peat close to where she was found dead, according to the police watchdog.
Amber Peat, 13, left her Mansfield home on 30 May and her body was found less than a mile away three days later. The 13-year-old left her Mansfield home on 30 May and her body was found less than a mile away three days later.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said there were "significant concerns" with the search. The Independent Police Complaints Commission's (IPCC) initial inquiry raised "significant concerns".
The force said it was not a final report and since the IPCC referral more information had come to light.
As well as the IPCC investigation, Amber's death is also the subject of an inquest and serious case review.As well as the IPCC investigation, Amber's death is also the subject of an inquest and serious case review.
A member of the public told officers about a girl matching Amber's description disappearing into the bushes close to her home on Bosworth Street on Sunday 31 May, the report said. Following a Freedom of Information request, emails between the force and police watchdog were released which included an initial assessment of the search.
But the intelligence was not followed up until 48 hours later when officers went with the caller to the location where Amber's body was found. It revealed a member of the public told officers about a girl matching Amber's description disappearing into bushes near her home on Bosworth Street on Sunday 31 May.
The watchdog also highlighted concerns over officers only upgrading Amber's disappearance to high risk 16 hours after she went missing following a family dispute. But it was not followed up until 48 hours later.
The IPCC report said: "It is very worrying to read this matter was classed as medium risk on its initial assessment... According to the police log, officers went with the caller to establish the exact location and once there, discovered Amber's body "well hidden within a large thicket of bushes".
It is thought she died before the police were alerted to the sighting, the log said.
The watchdog also highlighted concerns over officers only upgrading Amber's disappearance to high risk 16 hours after she went missing.
An IPCC analyst said: "It is very worrying to read this matter was classed as medium risk...
"Given that Amber was merely 13 years of age and had an extensive history as a missing person, I am of the view that this scenario constituted a high risk."Given that Amber was merely 13 years of age and had an extensive history as a missing person, I am of the view that this scenario constituted a high risk.
"My concerns have heightened given the officers actions when handling potential leads.""My concerns have heightened given the officers actions when handling potential leads."
The report also acknowledged police received a "copious amount of suggestions for Amber's location".The report also acknowledged police received a "copious amount of suggestions for Amber's location".
However, it said given Amber was located at the same place police were informed about, the way officers handled intelligence needed to be looked at. However, it said the way officers handled intelligence needed to be looked at.
Nottinghamshire Police's log, which was submitted to the IPCC, said: "On June 2 officers spoke to the member of the public who had called the police on May 31. In order to identify the location of the sighting they went with the caller to the location they had last seen the female. In a statement, a spokeswoman for Nottinghamshire Police said the information was "not in any way a report from the IPCC".
"Officers found her body well hidden within a large thicket of bushes. "As a result the correspondence does not represent the current factual position of the IPCC, as they are continuing to look into the circumstances leading up to Amber's body being discovered," she said.
"It appears she died before the member of the public made contact with the police and before she was reported missing." "No conclusions or recommendations have been sent to the force by way of a report."
A spokesman for the IPCC said the investigation is ongoing.