Today marks the 40th anniversary of the death of WPC Yvonne Fletcher, a Metropolitan Police officer who was shot and killed during a protest in St James's Square, outside the Libyan Embassy in London in 1984. Fletcher was 25 years old at the time of her death, and no one has been held criminally responsible for the murder. Commemorative events included a service in London and a wreath-laying by Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley. In a significant development, a former colleague of Fletcher, who was present during the incident, is initiating a private prosecution against a suspect in the case.
A police officer who held the hand of his dying colleague after she was shot 40 years ago is launching a private prosecution of one of the suspects. https://t.co/01xlbq1BUp
How suspect in killing of Yvonne Fletcher has never faced prosecution https://t.co/MMmfZWAaI6
Private prosecution to be launched over Yvonne Fletcher's murder https://t.co/Jfa58JL6HM
🔴 The police officer who cradled Yvonne Fletcher as she lay dying is launching a private prosecution for conspiracy to murder https://t.co/6kz4nZSyAn
PC Yvonne Fletcher was born in Semley, a case is being launched on the 40th anniversary of her death. ➡️ https://t.co/u8velN8d0x https://t.co/R2H83an6yn
Private prosecution bid over murder of PC Yvonne Fletcher in Libyan embassy shooting https://t.co/jH8gTpGTwh
Today marks 40 years since WPC Yvonne Fletcher was shot and killed on duty as she policed a protest in St James’s Square. This morning Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley visited the scene and laid a wreath in Yvonne’s memory. Our thoughts are with her family, friends and colleagues. https://t.co/uTFSiux833
Remembering PC Yvonne Fletcher, of the Metropolitan Police. Shot and killed on duty on this day in 1984. She was 25. We will remember her. #LestWeForget https://t.co/kcWhBRJQnP
A service is taking place in London today to mark 40 years since the shooting of Wiltshire born police officer Yvonne Fletcher. PC Fletcher was 25 when she was killed by shots fired from the Libyan Embassy in 1984. No one has ever been held criminally accountable for her murder… https://t.co/IsYOv61SVG
Yvonne Fletcher: ex-colleague to bring private action against suspect in 1984 killing https://t.co/06obOREtr5
Vigil for WPC Yvonne Fletcher as hopes grow for prosecution 40 years after 'callous' murder Read more🔗 https://t.co/bE3p0bUJWM