Excuse for dropped prosecution of Yvonne Fletcher suspect must be challenged

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Excuse for dropped prosecution of Yvonne Fletcher suspect 'must be challenged'

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A still from footage released in 2015, showing the protest moments before WPC Yvonne Fletcher was murdered

Date - 19th May 2017
By - Ian Weinfass - Police Oracle

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The decision not to prosecute a suspect in the case of the Yvonne Fletcher murder could have wide-reaching consequences for other officers killed on duty, a campaigner says. John Murray, who cradled the head of WPC Fletcher in 1984 when she was...

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