The PoliceServiceNI have apologised to the family of a Coleraine pensioner after a watchdog review found multiple failings in the investigation of his murder
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In response to the apology, Mr Moffatt's son Barry said: "It will always be hard to digest that our father's murder was solvable but will now never be due to the mistakes of the police." The review also found that police failed to conduct some house-to-house enquiries in a timely manner.The review also stated there was "a strong possibility that evidence was lost or at the very least contaminated" by a delay in examining some of Mr Moffatt's clothing after the attack.The man acquitted of Mr Moffatt's murder was James McCook.The ombudsman noted he was considered the main suspect and that he has since passed away in England.
Barry Moffatt said the police did not take the case seriously enough until two months after the attack, when the pensioner died from his injuries.
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