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Kath Cummins

Kath Cummins

Detective Superintendent at Merseyside Police with over 22 years of experience leading major and high-profile criminal investigations.

Aug 3, 2026

We Are PoWEr Podcast

We Are PoWEr Podcast

Inside a Police Investigation with DCI Cath Cummings

Aug 3 · 28m

Simone Roche
Simone RocheHOST
4:55
But when you look back, what has been the toughest part of that work?
Kath Cummins
Kath CumminsGUEST
5:03
It's all tough, but in different ways.
Kath Cummins
Kath CumminsGUEST
5:08
But I think the toughest time of my career was the Ashley Dale murder investigation.
Kath Cummins
Kath CumminsGUEST
5:18
It was significantly high profile.
Kath Cummins
Kath CumminsGUEST
5:21
There'd already been a firearms murder the week before, which was Sam Rimmer.
Kath Cummins
Kath CumminsGUEST
5:26
And then within 48 hours, there was little Olivia that was also facially murdered.
Kath Cummins
Kath CumminsGUEST
5:31
So that was significant for Merseyside and for Merseyside Police.

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Simone Roche
Simone RocheHOST
11:00
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