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| Police-killer Dale Cregan's mother cleared | Police-killer Dale Cregan's mother cleared |
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| Police-killer Dale Cregan's mother has been cleared of aiding and abetting misconduct in public office during a manhunt for her son. | Police-killer Dale Cregan's mother has been cleared of aiding and abetting misconduct in public office during a manhunt for her son. |
| Anita Cregan, 56, was accused of obtaining secret information from a police worker. | |
| Kathryn Smith, 25, a call handler with Greater Manchester Police (GMP), and her ex-boyfriend Sean Booth, 31, were also cleared at Manchester Crown Court. | |
| At the time, Dale Cregan was the prime suspect in a double killing. | |
| He was wanted in connection with the murders of father and son David and Mark Short and a £50,000 reward was on offer for his arrest. | |
| The prosecution alleged that Ms Smith, of Condor Close, Droylsden, used a police computer system while on duty to check developments in the search for the murderer. | |
| The jury was told she passed the information to Sean Booth, who lived on the same street and grew up with Dale Cregan. | |
| In turn, he then passed details on to Cregan's mother, the court heard. | |
| The daughter of a police inspector for GMP, Ms Smith burst into tears and covered her face as the verdict was given. | |
| All three had denied a single count of misconduct in a public office between 1 September 2011 and 9 September 2012, Ms Smith by allegedly looking for and disclosing information and Mr Booth and Mrs Cregan by allegedly aiding and abetting her to offend. |