Police have accepted they made a number of mistakes while investigating an alleged teacher / student relationship
Police have accepted they made a number of mistakes while investigating an alleged teacher / student relationship
11 December 2018
In 2014, police received an allegation of inappropriate contact between Gisborne teacher Sam Back and 13-year-old student Reiha McLelland.
In June that year, Police concluded there was insufficient evidence of offending.
Reiha took her own life just weeks later.
The Independent Police Conduct Authority says evidence in the case wasn't correctly assessed, the investigation plan was inadequate ... and a supervisory staff member in the case had a conflict of interest.
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