Contact with a man before his death - Dyfed Powys Police, February 2018

In February 2018, Children’s Services notified Dyfed Powys Police that they had received a complaint of child sexual abuse, made against a man by a young girl. Children’s Services advised that the girl was vulnerable. Following receipt of this report, officers conducted an initial first account interview with the alleged victim that day.

Other officers made arrangements for the man to attend a police station later the same day, where he was interviewed as a voluntary attendee. During this interview, he denied all of the allegations made against him.

Later that same evening the man was found dead in his car. An inquest recorded a verdict of suicide.

Our investigators obtained documentation relating to the allegations made by the girl, and the man’s interview. Investigators also obtained written accounts from the officers who interacted with the man and the girl’s mother when they received the complaint.

Based on the evidence available we found no indication that any person serving with the police may have behaved in a manner that would justify the bringing of disciplinary proceedings, or had committed a criminal offence.