POLICE have denied their investigation into the deaths of two parachutists at Dunkeswell Airfield a year ago on Saturday (June 13) has been ‘unnecessarily slow or being held up’.

Twelve months on from the tragedy in which skydiving instructor Adam Harrison, aged 30, and his pupil Belinda Taylor, aged 48, died, the public is no nearer to understanding what happened.

The pair fell 15,000 feet when their parachutes failed to open in what is the highest tandem skydive experience in the country.

An investigation was launched by Devon and Cornwall Police, British Skydiving, the Health and Safety Executive, the Civil Aviation Authority, and East Devon District Council.

Skydive Buzz director Jason Farrant, who ran parachuting operations at Dunkeswell, later said the firm was being wound up.

However, it has continued to be listed by Companies House as ‘active’, although it is now being proposed to be struck off the register because it has not filed annual accounts on time.

But, a sister company owned by Mr Farrant, Skydive UK, is being liquidated.

A Devon and Cornwall Constabulary spokesperson told the Wellington Weekly such investigations took time due to a variety of factors.

The spokesperson said: “The investigation remains ongoing and the matter is being thoroughly and appropriately investigated.

“Investigations of this nature are necessarily detailed and may require specialist equipment and analysis, including resources sourced from outside the United Kingdom.

“It is only once the relevant testing has been completed that a clearer indication of the likely duration of the investigation can be provided.”

The Wellington Weekly has approached British Skydiving for an update on the investigation but it did not respond.

A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez said she would not have an opinion on the pace of the force’s investigation.