Caroline Flack charge was in public interest, inquest told

Her inquest at Poplar Coroner’s Court heard on Wednesday that Flack subsequently suffered a deterioration in her mental health. Picture: PA

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided it was in the public interest to charge Caroline Flack with assaulting her boyfriend, despite initially deciding just to caution her.

The 40-year-old Love Island star killed herself on February 15 2020, two days after prosecutors decided to press ahead with the case against Flack, who was accused of hitting her boyfriend with a phone as he slept in December.