Katrice Lee: Meeting went 'very well' says dad Richard as apology issued
Richard met with the Victims Minister, a representative from the MoD and Special Crimes Unit yesterday
Last updated 1st May 2025
An apology has been issued to the Hartlepool dad of missing toddler Katrice Lee for the treatment of his family and his daughter's case.
Richard met with the Victims Minister, Alex Davies-Jones, as well as a representative from the MoD and Special Crimes Unit, which was known as the Royal Military Police, yesterday.
They heard about the two-year-old who disappeared more than 40 years in Germany.
Richard said: "The meeting went, in my opinion, very well. But I also believe because there's a change now taking place within the MoD set up and the Special Crimes Unit, so I believe that it's far too early to say 'did they understand?'
"What I did get was a profound and genuine apology for the treatment of my family and my daughter's case from the MoD and now Special Crimes Unit.
"I now have the support of the Victims Minister who was quite shocked to hear but not surprised because she deals with it all the time, the way that my family haev been mistreated throughout my daughter's disappearance.
"They've agreed that this is the first meeting of many meetings until everything is resolved with regards to my questions of how the case was handled and the treatment of my family.
"The ball is in their court and what's next I'm hoping to get more constructive meetings which eventually will come to answers to where Katrice is."