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Probe blow for Scots family after 30-year fight to prove cops killed teen

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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.

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