Dale Cregan trial: Defendant admits killing police officers

[KhornateMonkey]

The man accused of murdering two police officers in a gun and grenade attack has now admitted killing them.



Dale Cregan, 29, had denied murdering PCs Fiona Bone, 32, and Nicola Hughes, 23, in Tameside on 18 September.

Cregan still denies the murders of David Short, 46, and his son Mark, 23.

There are also nine co-accused at Preston Crown Court, whose charges include murder and attempted murder of the father and son.

Cregan is alleged to have murdered Mark Short in The Cotton Tree pub, Droylsden, on 25 May and David Short on 10 August at his home in Clayton.

Earlier in the trial, the jury heard that Cregan lured PCs Bone and Hughes to a house in Mottram before shooting them repeatedly and then throwing a grenade.

Cregan had evaded a nationwide manhunt when he set the trap, the court was told.





PC Fiona Bone and PC Nicola Hughes were killed on 18 September
He told police, "I'll be waiting", as he lured the unarmed and unsuspecting officers with a bogus 999 call.

As the un-armed officers walked into the front garden of a house in Abbey Gardens, he opened the door and shot them repeatedly with a Glock pistol.

PC Hughes tried to run but was hit in the back below her body armour.

PC Bone, who was trapped in the front garden, tried to shoot Cregan with a stun gun and fell in a shower of 24 bullets.

Cregan returned to PC Hughes and shot her in the head before tossing the grenade towards the officers and discarding the pistol. He drove off in the householder's BMW.

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[[WS]Jacob]

Bast**d. Some people just deserve to be in prison and this guy is one of those people. I mean he can't exactly get a job anymore, at least not as a model anyway judging by that eye

[Mikal]

He deserves the death sentence the sick prick.

[Phil]

I remember seeing those 2 officers over the TV when it happened... disgusting.

[[WS]Jacob]

He has been found guilty of four counts of murder, never to be released. To be honest the outcome that I expected and hoped for hugely.

[Mikal]

This is one of those moments where I wish the UK had a death penalty, he is a terrorist, just like those in the Woolwich incident.

[[WS]Jacob]

This is one of those moments where I wish the UK had a death penalty, he is a terrorist, just like those in the Woolwich incident.

I don't think the death penalty would be true justice for the four people and their families. If he's in prison then that means he's got the rest of his life to think over what he's done, thinking he'll never be free to walk the streets of this country again.

[KhornateMonkey]

This is one of those moments where I wish the UK had a death penalty, he is a terrorist, just like those in the Woolwich incident.

I'd rather see him suffer

[Mikal]

I don't think the death penalty would be true justice for the four people and their families. If he's in prison then that means he's got the rest of his life to think over what he's done, thinking he'll never be free to walk the streets of this country again.

And in the meantime tax payers have to pay £30,000 a year per murderer and terrorist just to keep them behind bars, scum like him don't deserve to have that much money spent on them, even if it is to keep them in jail. :roll: