Derry court told of ‘development’ in Katie Simpson murder case Katie Simpson '); '); The case of a man accused of murdering Katie Simpson has been adjourned for a ‘full update’ after a defence barrister informed the court of a ‘development’. Jonathan James Creswell, 33, of Briar Hill Gardens in Greysteel, has been charged with the murder of the 21-year-old woman on August 3, 2020. At a previous court sitting, it was submitted that Creswell was in a relationship with the deceased woman's sister. A court was told that Katie Simpson was taken to hospital from a house at Gortnessy Meadows in the Lettershandoney area after a ‘suspected hanging’.