Watchdog to examine how Met police handled Richard Okorogheye’s disappearance

IOPC to consider complaints by his mother, Evidence Joel, and explore whether race played role

The police watchdog is investigating complaints made by Richard Okorogheye's mother and considering whether race played a role in the way the Metropolitan police handled reports of her son's disappearance.

The 19-year-old, who was a first-year business and IT undergraduate at Oxford Brookes University, was reported missing from Ladbroke Grove, west London, by his mother, Evidence Joel, on 23 March. She made further calls to the Met the following day.