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| Poppi Worthington: PCC 'disappointed' over police response | Poppi Worthington: PCC 'disappointed' over police response |
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| Cumbria's Police and Crime Commissioner has said he is "disappointed" with the force's response to the death of a 13-month-old girl. | Cumbria's Police and Crime Commissioner has said he is "disappointed" with the force's response to the death of a 13-month-old girl. |
| Poppi Worthington was found with serious injuries at her home in Barrow in December 2012, and it has now been ruled that she was sexually assaulted. | Poppi Worthington was found with serious injuries at her home in Barrow in December 2012, and it has now been ruled that she was sexually assaulted. |
| Richard Rhodes has described the initial police investigation as "inadequate and unacceptable". | |
| He said had raised his concerns with the temporary chief constable. | |
| 'Significant steps made' | |
| Following Poppi's death, her father, Paul Worthington, was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault but has not been charged with any offence. | |
| He has always denied any wrongdoing. | |
| The investigation was later criticised after it emerged that officers failed to preserve vital items for forensic analysis, either at the home or at the hospital after Poppi's collapse, and the scene at the house was not properly secured. | |
| It is now being reviewed by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). | |
| Mr Rhodes said: "The temporary chief constable has reassured me that significant steps have been made in addressing the findings since the first judgement in 2014. | |
| "In order to ensure that progress has been made I have asked the HMIC to come and independently inspect this progress as a matter of urgency." |