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Dale Cregan trial: Police killer sentenced to whole of life in jail Dale Cregan trial: Police killer sentenced to whole of life in jail
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Dale Cregan will spend the rest of his life in jail for four murders, including those of two police officers in Greater Manchester.Dale Cregan will spend the rest of his life in jail for four murders, including those of two police officers in Greater Manchester.
Cregan admitted killing PCs Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes, father and son David and Mark Short at Preston Crown Court. Cregan had admitted killing PCs Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes, and father and son David and Mark Short.
He also admitted the attempted murders of John Collins, Michael Belcher and Ryan Priding during the attack on Mark Short at a Droylsden pub in May 2012.He also admitted the attempted murders of John Collins, Michael Belcher and Ryan Priding during the attack on Mark Short at a Droylsden pub in May 2012.
He was cleared of a charge of attempted murder of Sharon Hark.He was cleared of a charge of attempted murder of Sharon Hark.
Passing sentence, Mr Justice Holroyde QC said Cregan had had "a cold-blooded and ruthless determination to end the lives of PCs Bone and Hughes". Passing a whole-life sentence at Preston Crown Court, Mr Justice Holroyde QC said Cregan had had "a cold-blooded and ruthless determination to end the lives of PCs Bone and Hughes".
"You, Cregan, committed two quite appalling crimes of murder. You lured two police officers to their deaths," he said. "You acted with premeditated savagery [and] drew those two officers into a calculated trap to kill them," he said.
"You acted with premeditated savagery [and] drew those two officers into a calculated trap to kill them." Four other men were jailed for their parts in the killings of David and Mark Short and one further man was jailed for assisting an offender.
Luke Livesey, 28, and Damian Gorman, 38, were each jailed for 33 years for the murder of Mark Short and the three attempted murders at the Cotton Tree Inn in Droylsden.
Anthony Wilkinson, 34, and Jermaine Ward, 24, were jailed for 35 years and 33 years respectively for killing David Short at his Clayton home in August.
Mohammed Imran Ali, 32, was jailed for seven years for taking Cregan, Wilkinson and Ward to hide-out in Yorkshire after the murder of David Short.