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Katie Simpson: Three women involved in ‘conspiracy of silence’

Three women to be sentenced in relation to the death of showjumper Katie Simpson were “complicit in a conspiracy of silence”, a court has been told.

Ms Simpson, 21, died after an incident in a home in Lettershandoney, County Londonderry, in August 2020.

The man on trial for the rape and murder of Ms Simpson – Jonathan Creswell – was found dead at his home last month.

Mr Creswell, 36, had denied the charges.

Before his trial began, three women had pleaded guilty to a range of offences relating to Ms Simpson’s death.

A defence lawyer for the three women told Londonderry Crown Court on Friday that Mr Creswell exercised “unfettered control on the lives of young women”.

Jill Robinson, 42, from Blackfort Road in Omagh, has admitted perverting the course of justice by washing clothes belonging to Mr Creswell.

Rose De Montmorency-Wright, 22, from Craigantlet Road in Newtownards, County Down, has admitted withholding information between 9 October 2020 and 13 October 2021.

She lived with Creswell and his partner Christina Simpson – Katie Simpson’s sister – at the time.


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