‘Reply to my Snap right f**king now’ – trial hears young Irish showjumper Katie Simpson was ‘murdered out of jealousy’

Accused Jonathan Creswell denies killing Katie Simpson, who died in August 2020

Katie Simpson

Tanya Fowles

A young female showjumper was killed in Co Derry in what was alleged to have been a jealous rage.

Jonathan Creswell is charged with murdering Katie Simpson (21), who died following an incident on 3 August 2020, in the home he shared with her sister, Christina ‘Nina’ Simpson, with whom Creswell was in a long-term relationship. Creswell is further accused of raping Katie during the incident.