Fashion fur is real not faux
Heartbroken dad engages QC to find answers
THE Royal Military Police is being investigated over its handling of the disappearance of a British toddler in Germany in 1981.
The RMP admitted last year it made mistakes when Katrice Lee, then two, disappeared from a forces supermarket in Schloss Neuhaus, but would not elaborate.
Her dad Richard, who was a sergeant major in the Army nearby at the time, said the inves- tigation into what the errors were is at “a sensitive stage”. He has engaged John Cooper QC and has been to meet his MP Mike Hill at Westminster. Katrice was in the supermarket with her mum Sharon and aunt Wendy as Mr Lee parked the car. He walked in to find now ex-wife Sharon sobbing and Katrice gone.
He said: “John asked me why it had taken 48 hours for the RMP to get the search dogs out when Katrice first vanished. And he asked why it took six Richard Lee weeks for three supermarket cashiers to be interviewed.”
He says the scene was contaminated by the time dogs arrived.
Mr Lee, of Hartlepool, Co Durham, also said Katrice had a rare eye condition which was not “pushed enough” publicly.
He said he “washed his hands” of the force after it revealed bones excavated in the search for Katrice in Paderborn, Germany, were a horse’s on social media last year before telling him.
The RMP said it apologised but could not comment further. RMP forensic team in Germany last year
Katrice was last seen in shop in 1981 TWO fashion brands have been caught selling faux fur items made with rabbit.
Tests by the Humane Society International on a jumper by boohoo.com and on a headband by Zacharia Jewellers showed they contained real fur.
The Advertising Standards Authority ordered ads for the items to be pulled.
Both firms said they believed the items were faux and withdrew them.
HSI said it was “completely unacceptable” for shoppers to be misled.