Caroline died because of a police error...that's what I believe

LOVE ISLAND HOST'S MUM CHRISTINE

- BY MARK JEFFERIES Showbiz Editor

CAROLINE Flack's heartbroken mother insists police error was to blame for her daughter's death as she speaks about the tragedy in a new documentary.

The Love Island host took her own life aged 40 in February 2020 ahead of a trial after she was charged with assaulting her boyfriend Lewis Burton.

A note she left in her flat read: "Please let this court case be dropped, and myself and Lewis find harmony."

A new investigation led by Christine Flack highlights what she says are key mistakes and decisions which "made no sense" by the Crown Prosecution Service and the Metropolitan Police.

This, she claims, along with negative media and social media coverage, left her daughter feeling there was "no way out". Christine says: "They will not admit that they were wrong to push for Caroline to be prosecuted. Because of a police error, my daughter's died."

Speaking to the Mirror, Christine said she could not understand why a detective inspector overruled the CPS which initially suggested cautioning Caroline on the night of the incident at her London home in December 2019.

She said: "It would have changed everything. Because they pursued the prosecution, she had to stand down from her jobs. She had to leave her house. It just changed her world."