Thread: Two female police officers killed in Tameside attack

Many more officers name's need to be added to that memorial roll since 1984. Keith Blakelock for one.

PC Nicola Hughes 23 and PC Fiona Bone 32, killed at the scene









David and Mark Short, father and son both killed by suspect Dale Gregan in August

Police had offered a 25,000 pound reward leading to his arrest

What a psycho.

^ Nutters all round the world mate , they aint all in Thailand

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

^ Nutters all round the world mate , they aint all in Thailand

Although they tend to visit with alarming regularity.

Why is that guy dragging the bodybag?
Why is the older guy seemingly smiling/laughing?

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Sir Peter describes their deaths as an act of "cold-blooded murder", saying the two officers were shot in the street after a hoax burglary call to an address in Mottram



Unable to embed the official police statement video. As above GMP state that the 2 officers were shot when they attended a reported burglary.


Mr Cregan walked into Hyde police station a short time after the incident in Tameside, shortly before 11:00 BST.

I wouldn't be a copper anywhere to many f--kwits in the world.

Now if the officers had turned up like this in the first place.....

Bit like shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted if you ask me.

Dale Cregan: one-eyed murder suspect questioned over female PC killings
With his fake Onyx eye and reputation for violence, Dale Cregan has long cut an intimidating figure in Greater Manchester.
By Steven Swinford and Rosa Silverman10:22PM BST 18 Sep 2012
The 27-year-old reportedly told friends that he lost his eye after being hit with a knuckle duster during a fight with police in Thailand.
He became one of Britain’s most wanted men after being sought over in connection with the murders of a father and son killed in separate grenade and gun attacks.
Mark Short, 23, was killed in May and his father, David, was killed in August.
Police launched an unprecedented publicity drive, offering a £50,000reward for his arrest and making an appeal before a Manchester City football game.
His face was shown on concourse screens at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, while a van with pictures of him was also driven round the ground before the game.

Female officers who have died in the line of duty 18 Sep 2012
Police said the 'life-changing' reward for information about both men was still on offer simply for an anonymous phone call, without having to testify in court as a witness.
But despite his reputation, Cregan, has only a string of minor convictions, the most serious for affray after a road rage incident in Droylsden, Greater Manchester. Locals said that while Cregan was an intimidating character, he had “never been in any real trouble”.
In pictures released by police Cregan, who has worked as a roofer and previously lived in Tenerife, was shown with a fake onyx eye – although he is believed to have several normal looking eyes in different colours.
A neighbour said: "He said he lost his eye after he was punched by police in Thailand. One of them caught him with a knuckle duster."
Four men have been charged in connection with Mark Short’s murder and are due to enter pleas at Manchester Crown Court in November.
Earlier this month 33-year-old Anthony Wilkinson appeared at Manchester Crown Court charged with the gun and grenade murder of David Short.

Dale Cregan: one-eyed murder suspect questioned over female PC killings - Telegraph

So a Thailand connection.

And he has now been released on bail.....

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

And he has now been released on bail.....

My understanding is he was on Bail at the time of the murders for a similar (gun and grenade) murder charge.

^Yep. Killing of a father and son. But what the hell, why not give him bail again? Wouldn't want to trample on his right to kill.....And he's handicapped as well, poor dear.

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

^ Nutters all round the world mate , they aint all in Thailand

Try telling that to TheGents. He is under the impression that this sort of mindless violence only happens in ' the land of the monkeys '.

No he is not out on bail since handing himself in.

He was also in Thailand for a month in June.

The police themselves do not want to be routinely armed, a poll of 47,000 of them in 2006 had 82% of them against being armed.

Originally Posted by Koojo

I find it hard to believe the coppers would allow anyone accused of such a heinous crime against two of their own to walk on Bail.
In fact I doubt he's been before the beak yet.
He'll be in solitary somewhere with the coppers taking turns smacking him around.
If he IS on bail already you can bet there's a squad on his heels everywhere he goes.
But I'm calling BS. No way he has or will get bail for this.

Sorry, but I can't find the link I saw. But it was a story of the magistrate defending his decision to grant bail, even though he was out on bail for two other murders, saying "it was quite normal" for bail to be granted. You know I don't post crap. He's out on bail.

Manchester police killings: Dale Cregan was on bail

Police believe PCs Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes were deliberately "drawn" to the scene

A man suspected of killing two PCs in Greater Manchester was on bail over a fatal pub shooting, police have confirmed.

Nicola Hughes, 23, and Fiona Bone, 32, were killed in a gun and grenade attack after apparently being lured to Mottram by a hoax burglary report.

Dale Cregan is being held on suspicion of their murders and two others.

In June, Mr Cregan, 29, was questioned over the shooting of Mark Short in a Manchester pub and released on bail.

Detectives are continuing to question Mr Cregan, previously described as Manchester's most wanted man, over the deaths of PCs Hughes and Bone.

The police constables had been sent to investigate what appeared to be a routine burglary report in Abbey Gardens, Mottram, on Tuesday morning when they were attacked with a gun and grenade.




The silence was held by officers and staff in memory of their colleagues

Greater Manchester Police said it appeared they had been deliberately "drawn" to the scene.

A minute's silence for the officers was held earlier.

In a statement, Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy said there had been insufficient evidence available to charge Mr Cregan over the pub shooting and he had to be released.

Mark Short, 23, was shot dead at the Cotton Tree pub in Droylsden, Greater Manchester, on 25 May. In June, Mr Cregan was arrested in connection with this death.

Sir Peter said: "It is absolutely normal in complex crime inquiries that when people are arrested there are occasions where there is insufficient evidence available for them to be charged.

At the scene




At exactly 11am the message across Greater Manchester Police radios was "can all officers stand by and observe a minute's silence".

Inside the police HQ it was a chance to pause and reflect on the deaths of their colleagues PC Nicola Hughes and PC Fiona Bone.

How many officers like them will be called out to routine jobs today?

There is though a sense here that yesterday's grief is now turning to determination.

GMP's Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy said he wants to bring each and every person involved to justice.

There are many questions the force must now answer as it investigates the deaths of the two officers and David and Mark Short.

Questions like where has Dale Cregan been for the past eight weeks? Who, if anyone has been helping him avoid the several hundred police officers and support staff trying to find him?

There must be support too for the officers who have been trying to find Mr Cregan. They are said to be shattered at how this manhunt ended.

The police authority here says it will do all it can to help them as officers try to understand what happened in a community they try to protect.


"In those circumstances suspects have to be released on bail as there are strict time limits covering how long suspects can be held in custody without charge.

"That is exactly what happened in this case."

Mr Cregan was arrested when he walked into Hyde police station a short time after the shooting in Mottram on Tuesday.

Sir Peter said he believed he had been "protected by a criminal conspiracy to harbour him".

Two people from the Abbey Gardens house, a man and a woman, continue to be questioned.

www.bbc.co.uk

My mistake. I appear to have misread a badly written story in which the magistrate was stating it was normal to let a double murderer out the first time, so he could double murder again. Apologies.

Originally Posted by Gerbil

He was also in Thailand for a month in June

..apparently having his eyeball gouged out by a copper with a knuckle duster. Erm, perhaps not...