The household of a younger mum who took her life per week after being raped are nonetheless ready for her cell phone to be returned by police – three years later.
Carol Forrest and Kelsey Johnson, the mom and sister of Jenna Johnson, 27, who died on New 12 months’s Day 2019, have repeatedly requested Police Scotland for the telephone after costs within the case had been dropped.
One of many males who Jenna advised buddies had attacked her died early this 12 months shortly earlier than the Crown was because of resolve on whether or not to prosecute him.
The person, Stewart Dixon, who was additionally suspected by the local people of murdering Stefan Sutherland, 25, in September 2013, had been charged alongside along with his shut good friend of sexually assaulting Jenna following a raid on their properties.
Following his dying Carol and Kelsey discovered there can be no proceedings towards the opposite man. Devastated that mum-of-two Jenna wouldn't obtain justice, they requested for her belongings to be returned, particularly her telephone, which they knew contained a lot of her treasured household images.
Carol, from Thurso, Caithness, in the Highlands, mentioned final evening: “We had been visited by a feminine police officer who advised us that the telephone can be some comfort to us and to Jenna’s kids as there have been so many blissful recollections on it.
“When it didn’t come again to us, I referred to as and spoke to a lady within the native fiscal’s workplace and he or she mentioned to depart it together with her. Over the months since then I've messaged her quite a few occasions and had no reply.”
She added: “Just a few weeks in the past, I referred to as her once more and was advised once more to depart it together with her. We’re nonetheless ready and might’t assist however suppose that if they'd it, we’d have it again by now.
“It’s vital for me and Kelsey, but it surely’s much more vital for Jenna’s kids as a result of we want to have the ability to present them Jenna was blissful as a mum and so they did have beautiful occasions collectively.”
A police spokesman mentioned: “We perceive how distressing the seizure and retention of property, notably cellphones, will be for victims of crime and the households of these victims.
“Police Scotland has three months to return property following the conclusion of any courtroom proceedings except there are exemptions. There could also be events when there are wider points to think about in relation to the return of particular gadgets.”
They added that “additional steerage is being sought” and the household can be up to date in the end.
A spokesman for the Crown Workplace mentioned: “If a call is made to not begin a prosecution, it's the accountability of the police to return, retain or destroy gadgets seized throughout the course of the investigation.”
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