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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 had admitted killing PCs Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes, and father and son David and Mark Short.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 Pridding 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 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".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 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," he said.
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. Family feud
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. 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.
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. The murder of Mark Short at the Cotton Tree Inn by Cregan, Luke Livesey and Damian Gorman came after a decade-long feud between families.
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. Following the death Cregan, Anthony Wilkinson and Jermaine Ward killed Mark Short's father David in a gun and grenade attack.
With the help of Mohammed Imran Ali, the three then went on the run.
Cregan later lured PCs Hughes and Bone to their deaths before handing himself into police.
Livesey, 28, and 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.
Wilkinson, 34, and Ward, 24, were jailed for 35 years and 33 years respectively for killing David Short at his Clayton home in August.
Ali, 32, was jailed for seven years for assisting an offender.
In a statement delivered outside court, Nicola Hughes' family said they would live with what Cregan did "every single hour of every single day for the rest of our lives".
"He has lost nothing. He had already committed two murders and was destined for a lifetime behind bars.
"He chose on that day to murder our daughter and leave our lives completely devastated - a life barely worth living without her."
'Proud of achievements'
Fiona Bone's father Paul said he had been told "it gets easier in time but at this moment, every Tuesday lunchtime is difficult as that is when our lives changed forever".
"Yes we have regrets that Fiona was taken from us but we have no regrets that she was a police officer with Greater Manchester Police and we're extremely proud of her life and achievements," he said.
Nazir Afzal, chief crown prosecutor for CPS North West, said all four murders had been "nothing short of executions - planned, premeditated and cold-blooded".
Ian Hanson, chairman of the Greater Manchester Police Federation, described Cregan as "an abomination of society".
He said he hoped the police killer died a "sad, lonely man" after spending decades in prison and then "rots in hell for eternity".