On 18 September 2012, two Greater Manchester Police officers, Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone, were killed by Dale Cregan in a gun and grenade ambush while responding to a report of a burglary in Tamesid
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The Elizabeth Emblem is a national form of recognition conferred by the monarch and awarded to the next of kin of United Kingdom public servants who are killed in performance of their duty. It is name
Murders of Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone
…Cregan was sentenced to a whole life tariff at Preston Crown Court on 13 June 2013. In December 2024, Hughes and Bone were posthumously awarded the Elizabeth Emblem. Fiona Bone, 32, and Nicola Hughes, 23, were on routine patrol on 18 September 2012 when they were sent to Abbey Gardens in Hattersley, Tameside in…
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