Probe blow for Scots family after 30-year fight to prove cops killed teen
investigation into his death.Neil Riddel was 19 when his body was found in a field near his home in Keith, Banffshire, in July 1991.A fatal accident inquiry ruled he had taken his own life but his relatives believe he died in police custody and was dumped there.They say the apprentice blacksmith had lodged a complaint over an assault by an officer shortly before his death.In December 2019, Neil’s family wrote to the Lord Advocate James Wolffe expressing “serious misgivings” over the police investigation and requested the Crown Office reopen it.Neil’s brother Ian, 51, of Keith, has now been informed that their request has been turned down.He said: “We’ve always been very unhappy with the police investigation into Neil’s death.“We have