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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 ...
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 ...
This article includes only those serving police officers who were killed as a direct result of a crime or while attempting to respond, prevent, stop or solve a specific criminal act. The list omits war-time deaths by enemy fire, such as the many police officers killed by air raids during the Second World War. [1]
Police initially thought it possible that Yeates froze to death because her body showed no visible signs of injury. [51] Investigators announced on 28 December that the case had become a murder inquiry as the pathologist who performed her autopsy determined that Yeates had died as a result of strangulation. [ 52 ]
Unlawful killing. One police officer involved was found guilty of manslaughter and was given an eight-year prison sentence. [66] William Smith [67] 2 May 2016 Goudhurst, England Kent Police: Direct Police fatally shot Smith during an armed operation. Smith was on bail in connection with the death of a 73-year-old man. [67]
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."
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The following notable deaths in the United Kingdom occurred in 2022.Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order as set out in WP:NAMESORT.A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth and subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, year of birth (if known), and reference.