Police refer themselves to watchdog over death of boy, 2, who died next to dad | UK News
Police who found a two-year-old boy starved and dehydrated to death beside his dad, who had earlier died of a heart attack, have referred themselves to the IOPC.
Bronson Battersby was found curled up in a ball, dressed in his Pudsey bear pyjamas after being left in the dark with no food or water for nearly two weeks.
His father Kenneth, 60, is believed to have suffered a heart attack shortly after Boxing Day at their home in Skegness, Lincolnshire.
Their deaths have now prompted a ‘rapid review’ of various agencies by Lincolnshire County Council.
Lincolnshire Police, meanwhile, have referred themselves to watchdog the Independent Office for Police Conduct after they did not force entry to the property where the pair lay dead.
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