Judge blocks fight to prosecute officer’s alleged killer

Wpc Yvonne Fletcher was shot dead during a demonstration outside the Libyan embassy in London in 1984

A judge has blocked an attempt to prosecute murdered Wpc Yvonne Fletcher’s alleged Libyan killer. 

The High Court in London opposed a judicial review into the case of Colonel Gaddafi’s former education chief, Dr Saleh Ibraham Mabrouk.

It will come as a bitter blow to the Police Federation and ex-officer John Murray, who stood alongside the young policewoman when she was shout outside the Libyan embassy in London in 1984.    

They had opposed the Government’s stance that charging Mabrouk, of Reading, Berkshire, with conspiracy to murder would breached national security.

At the High Court in London on Friday, Mrs Justice Lang ruled that there should not be a judicial review, leaving the Federation and Mr Murray with legal costs to pay, believed to be in the region of £40,000.

They had until today to appeal but will not do so, because losing would increase the burden they would have to pay in additional costs.

However, a defiant Mr Murray, who promised the dying Yvonne that he would hunt down her killer no matter how long it took, today insisted: ‘We may have lost a battle but the war goes on. 

It will come as a bitter blow to the Police Federation and ex-officer John Murray, who stood alongside the young policewoman when she was shout outside the Libyan embassy in London in 1984 (pictured)

It will come as a bitter blow to the Police Federation and ex-officer John Murray, who stood alongside the young policewoman when she was shout outside the Libyan embassy in London in 1984 (pictured)

‘I don’t yet know how to proceed but rest assured I won’t be reneging on my pledge to Yvonne. The fight for justice for her goes on.

‘I refuse to give up and will keep on plugging away for the truth until my own dying breath.’

He slammed the High Court ruling, claiming: ‘We have evidence to put before a court but have been denied the right to do so.

‘The Government once again is placing every legal obstacle they can to deny us.’

Despot Gaddafi supporter Mr Mabrouk was among Libyan diplomats and aides ordered out of the country following the shooting but he was allowed back in Britain years later, when he bought his detached home in the UK for cash.

Mr Murray, a 62 year-old insurance investigator, has had two broken marriages following his quest, once tried killing himself after seeing photographs of ex PM Tony Blair embracing Gaddafi after the North African ruler did trade deals with the UK but did not mention WPC Fletcher. 



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