A police watchdog has begun an investigation following the death of a woman found seriously injured at a house in Fife.

Elizabeth Bowe, 50, died at Dundee's Ninewells Hospital on Tuesday September 20 following the incident three days earlier at Bobby Jones Place in St Andrews.

A 51-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident.

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The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (Pirc) has now been instructed by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) to carry out a probe in the wake of the death.

A Pirc spokesman said: "The investigation will focus on the initial police response leading up to the incident.

"A report on the commissioner's findings will be submitted to the COPFS in due course."