Greater Manchester Police has apologised “unreservedly” for errors made during a misconduct investigation into a former senior police officer.
19.05.2020 - 20:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Lessons have been learned after the fatal shooting of Anthony Grainger by Greater Manchester Police, says a government report.
Mr Grainger was killed just after 7pm on March 3, 2012, when he was shot in the chest by a single bullet from a Heckler and Koch MP5 sub-machine gun fired by a police marksman known as Q9.
He was killed as he sat behind the wheel of a stolen red Audi in a car park in the village of Culcheth near Warrington.
Today, in a response to a damning report issued last year the
Greater Manchester Police has apologised “unreservedly” for errors made during a misconduct investigation into a former senior police officer.
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