§ Mr. Wheelerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the names of those police officers killed on duty in England and Wales since 1965; what was the method of killing in each case; whether drugs or alcohol were a known feature in the behaviour of the assailant or assailants; what was the number of cases in which a suspect or suspects were subsequently (a) arrested and (b) brought to trial; and, in each case, where a conviction was secured, what was the nature of the sentence imposed.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe available information is given in the following table. Information on whether drugs or alcohol were a known feature in the behaviour of the suspects of these homicides could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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Offences currently recorded as homicide where the victim was a police officer on duty England and Wales 1965–1984 Year offence initially recorded Victim Method of killing Number of suspects Offence of which convicted* Sentence Arrested Tried 1965 PC G. W. M. Russell Shooting 1 Unfit to plead (Indicted for murder) Hospital order without limit of time, Section 5 Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 DS J. Stanford Stabbing 1 1 Murder Death—commuted to life imprisonment 1966 DS C. Tippett-Head †Shooting 3 3 Murder Life imprisonment DC D. S. Wombwell Murder Life imprisonment PC G. R. Fox Murder Life imprisonment PC B. Armstrong Stabbing 1 1 Murder Detained HMP, Section 53 Children and Young Persons Act 1933 1967 Insp. J. R. Bradley Run down by car 2 2 Other manslaughter Both 8 years imprisonment 1969 PC M. J. Davies Stabbing 1 1 Sec. 2 manslaughter Hospital order with restrictions without limit of time, Sections 60/65 Mental Health Act 1959 1970 Insp. B. J. Taylor Shooting 1 1 Murder Life imprisonment 1971 DC I Coward Shooting 2 2 Murder Both Life imprisonment Supt. G. I. Richardson Shooting 5 5 Murder Life imprisonment Other manslaughter 20 years imprisonment Robbery 15 years imprisonment Robbery 13 years imprisonment Robbery 10 years imprisonment 1972 PC P. C. Guthrie Shooting 1 1 Murder Life imprisonment 1973 PC M. A. Whiting Knocked from 3 2 Other manslaughter 7 years imprisonment side of moving car Other manslaughter 5 years detention, Section 53 Children and Young Persons Act 1933 PC D. A. Smith Shooting 1 1 Murder Life imprisonment 1974 PC J. Schofield Shooting 1 1 Murder Life imprisonment 1975 PC S. A. Tibble Shooting — — — — PC D. C. Green Stabbing 1 1 Murder Life imprisonment PS B. Dawson Shooting 1 1 Sec. 2 manslaughter Life imprisonment 1977 DC N. Garnham Stabbing 1 1 Murder Life imprisonment 1978 PC C. J. McDonald Struck with brick 1 1 Murder Life imprisonment 1979 PC D. D. Kellam Struck with billhook 1 1 Other manslaughter 8 years imprisonment 1980 PC F. J. O'Neill Stabbing 1 1 Murder Life imprisonment 1981 PS M. Hawcroft Stabbing 1 1 Murder Detained HMP, Section 53 Children and Young Persons Act 1933 PC R. Davenport Dragged along 2 2 Other manslaughter 9 years imprisonment by car Acquitted — 1982 PC J Egerton Stabbing 1 1 Murder Life imprisonment DC J. B. Porter Shooting 3 3 Murder Life imprisonment Other manslaughter 12 years imprisonment Robbery 5 years imprisonment PC J. Sandford Struck with 1 1 Murder Life imprisonment wheel brace PS D. T. Winter Shooting 1‡ — — Suspect committed suicide PC D. I. Haigh Shooting WPC M. D. Rayner Sitting in car struck by a caravanette 1 1 Other manslaughter 5 years imprisonment 1983 Insp. S. Dodd †Explosive device — — — — PC N. Lane WPC J. Arbuthnot 1984║ WPC Y. Fletcher Shooting — — — — Acting PS B. J. Bishop Shooting 1 Awaiting trial — — PS J. R. Speed Shooting — — — — * Including convictions for lessor offences than homicide. † Same incident. ‡ Same suspect. ║ Provisional.