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Cap badge of the Bristol Constabulary. Bristol Constabulary, also called Bristol City Police, was a police force responsible for policing the city of Bristol in south-west England from its foundation in 1835 until 1974, when it was amalgamated under the Local Government Act 1972 with Somerset and Bath Constabulary and parts of the Gloucestershire Constabulary to form the Avon and Somerset ...
Carol Ann Dougherty was a 9-year-old girl who was raped and murdered in Bristol, Pennsylvania, United States, on October 22, 1962. Her body was found in St. Mark's Roman Catholic Church, where she had stopped to pray on her way to return library books. The case remains unsolved.
Dorset Constabulary (now Dorset Police) 9 February 1939: Died as a result of injuries received in 1938 when he attempted to stop a car. Walter Charles Billett WRC: 61 Dorset Constabulary (now Dorset Police) 5 July 1940: Killed in a fall from his bicycle while reporting for duty in the blackout. Cecil Robert Budden PC: 27 Dorset Constabulary ...
The trial of 41-year-old Darren Osment began on 16 October 2023 at Bristol Crown Court. [19] The trial heard that on a night out in Devon, Osment, a former partner of Holland, had dialed 999 and confessed to the operator that he had murdered Holland and said that he was "handing himself in." [20] [21] When police officers arrived Osment claimed that he "didn't do it, but had it arranged."
On 9 January 2011, Bristol East MP Kerry McCarthy gave her support to the idea of a public DNA screening process if the police found it useful. The Avon and Somerset Constabulary had conducted mass DNA screening during the 1995 investigation into the disappearance of Louise Smith.
Bijan Ebrahimi (Persian: بیژن ابراهیمی; c. 1969 – 14 July 2013) was an Iranian refugee living in Bristol, United Kingdom. [1] For seven years, the 44-year old disabled man had reported death threats and racial abuse from his neighbours. [2] On 14 July 2013, Ebrahimi was murdered by his neighbour, Lee James. [3]
Rebecca Marie Watts (3 June 1998 – 19 February 2015) was a British student from Bristol who was murdered in 2015 at the age of 16. [1] In November 2015, her step-brother, Nathan Matthews, was found guilty of her murder and was sentenced to life in prison with eligibility for parole after 33 years.
DC Reginald Charles Grady (Bristol Constabulary), 1945: Collapsed and died during a violent arrest; PC David George Petch, 1981, aged 31: Killed when his traffic patrol car crashed following a speeding car; PC Peter Leonard Deans and PC Jonathan Michael Stapley, 1984: During a car chase their vehicle crashed and Deans and Stapley were fatally ...