The Daily Telegraph

Poppi officer becomes chief constable

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 A senior police officer criticised by the official watchdog over the Poppi Worthingto­n case is formally to become chief constable of Cumbria Police this weekend.

Michelle Skeer was criticised by the Independen­t Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) over the Cumbria force’s response to the 13-month-old child’s death in 2012.

But John Woodcock, Labour MP for Barrow and Furness, condemned the appointmen­t amid calls for a public inquiry. Mrs Skeer responded by vowing to restore the “tarnished image” of the force.

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