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| PC Yvonne Fletcher killing: Records 'vindicate' search | PC Yvonne Fletcher killing: Records 'vindicate' search |
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| A day before PC Yvonne Fletcher was shot outside the Libyan embassy in London in 1984 officials were warned three times of potential violence. | A day before PC Yvonne Fletcher was shot outside the Libyan embassy in London in 1984 officials were warned three times of potential violence. |
| A colleague who was on duty with PC Fletcher that day says the evidence in newly-released documents vindicates his bid to find her killers. | |
| Former PC John Murray described the revelation as "absolutely horrendous". | Former PC John Murray described the revelation as "absolutely horrendous". |
| PC Fletcher was killed when shots were fired from inside the embassy on 17 April, as she policed a demonstration. | PC Fletcher was killed when shots were fired from inside the embassy on 17 April, as she policed a demonstration. |
| 'Find killer' vow | 'Find killer' vow |
| PC Murray was standing feet away, policing the peaceful demonstration by anti-Gaddafi demonstrators, when 25-year-old PC Fletcher was shot in the abdomen in St James's Square. | PC Murray was standing feet away, policing the peaceful demonstration by anti-Gaddafi demonstrators, when 25-year-old PC Fletcher was shot in the abdomen in St James's Square. |
| He said: "It could have been me that day. I promised Yvonne, as she lay down, that I would find her killer and that is what I will do." | He said: "It could have been me that day. I promised Yvonne, as she lay down, that I would find her killer and that is what I will do." |
| Papers on the killing, released under the 30-year rule by the National Archives, show Libyan officials in both London and Tripoli warned they would not be answerable for the consequences if the demonstration went ahead. | Papers on the killing, released under the 30-year rule by the National Archives, show Libyan officials in both London and Tripoli warned they would not be answerable for the consequences if the demonstration went ahead. |
| The files show how the night before the shooting the British ambassador in Tripoli, Oliver Miles, was summoned to the Libyan foreign ministry and told the demonstration represented a threat to the People's Bureau. | The files show how the night before the shooting the British ambassador in Tripoli, Oliver Miles, was summoned to the Libyan foreign ministry and told the demonstration represented a threat to the People's Bureau. |
| Meanwhile, officials from the People's Bureau rang the Foreign Office with concerns and later turned up there with a message for the duty officer that was strikingly similar to that given to Mr Miles in Tripoli. | Meanwhile, officials from the People's Bureau rang the Foreign Office with concerns and later turned up there with a message for the duty officer that was strikingly similar to that given to Mr Miles in Tripoli. |
| 'Get some support' | 'Get some support' |
| Another warning came from GCHQ, which intercepted a message from Tripoli instructing those in the bureau to open fire - but the intercepts only arrived three hours after PC Fletcher was shot. | Another warning came from GCHQ, which intercepted a message from Tripoli instructing those in the bureau to open fire - but the intercepts only arrived three hours after PC Fletcher was shot. |
| Mr Murray told BBC Radio Wiltshire: "I think the information released is rather startling. | Mr Murray told BBC Radio Wiltshire: "I think the information released is rather startling. |
| "To be warned once I would think, but to be warned twice and no action taken - it appears - is absolutely horrendous." | "To be warned once I would think, but to be warned twice and no action taken - it appears - is absolutely horrendous." |
| Asked if the information would assist in finding those responsible, he said: "I think it will. | Asked if the information would assist in finding those responsible, he said: "I think it will. |
| "It absolutely vindicates what I have been doing over the last 30 years. | "It absolutely vindicates what I have been doing over the last 30 years. |
| "I would hope now, with the release of these documents, that I will get some support and some help from the government and the Met Police rather than do this myself." | "I would hope now, with the release of these documents, that I will get some support and some help from the government and the Met Police rather than do this myself." |
| Mr Murray travelled to Libya in 2011 to investigate one of the last surviving suspects Matouk Mohamed Matouk. | Mr Murray travelled to Libya in 2011 to investigate one of the last surviving suspects Matouk Mohamed Matouk. |
| A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said the service "remains committed to working with the Libyan authorities to identify who was responsible". | A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said the service "remains committed to working with the Libyan authorities to identify who was responsible". |
| He added that in September last year two detectives were deployed to Libya for two days as part of the murder investigation. | He added that in September last year two detectives were deployed to Libya for two days as part of the murder investigation. |