Warlord
01-16-2014, 05:58 AM
This is what should happen more, no?
The Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is to be prosecuted for safety breaches after an unarmed man was shot dead in Cheshire.
Anthony Grainger, 36, was shot in the chest after the car he was in was stopped in Culcheth on 3 March 2012.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said there was "sufficient evidence to prove that GMP breached the Health and Safety at Work Act", with Sir Peter Fahy facing the charge.
GMP said it noted the decision.
Armed police
A CPS spokesman said: "It is alleged that there were serious deficiencies in the preparation for this operation that unnecessarily exposed individuals to risk."
The operation, carried out by GMP officers, involved armed police stopping an Audi in a car park.
A bullet fired by an officer passed through the windscreen and hit Mr Grainger, from Bolton.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is currently investigating his death and will not publish its findings until after legal proceedings have ended.
An initial hearing will be held at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 10 February, the IPCC confirmed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25759909
The Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is to be prosecuted for safety breaches after an unarmed man was shot dead in Cheshire.
Anthony Grainger, 36, was shot in the chest after the car he was in was stopped in Culcheth on 3 March 2012.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said there was "sufficient evidence to prove that GMP breached the Health and Safety at Work Act", with Sir Peter Fahy facing the charge.
GMP said it noted the decision.
Armed police
A CPS spokesman said: "It is alleged that there were serious deficiencies in the preparation for this operation that unnecessarily exposed individuals to risk."
The operation, carried out by GMP officers, involved armed police stopping an Audi in a car park.
A bullet fired by an officer passed through the windscreen and hit Mr Grainger, from Bolton.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is currently investigating his death and will not publish its findings until after legal proceedings have ended.
An initial hearing will be held at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 10 February, the IPCC confirmed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25759909