Police officer warned he could face murder charge over shooting of unarmed man in village car park

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Police officer warned he could face murder charge over shooting of unarmed man in village car park

April 11th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

By
Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED:

12:15 EST, 10 April 2012

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UPDATED:

12:23 EST, 10 April 2012

Anthony Grainger was unarmed when he was killed

A police firearms officer was warned today he could face a murder charge for shooting an unarmed man in a village car park.

The Greater Manchester Police officer was interviewed under criminal caution by the police watchdog over the death of Anthony Paul Grainger.

Mr Grainger, 36, died of a single gunshot wound to the chest after the car he was in was stopped in Culcheth, Cheshire, on March 3.

An Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) statement said: ‘The officer has been interviewed on suspicion that he may have committed a criminal offence.

‘The IPCC remains in close liaison with the Crown Prosecution Service and at this stage a range of potential offences are under consideration, including unlawful act manslaughter and murder.’

Mr Grainger died in what police described as a “pre-planned operation”.

But the IPCC said no weapons were found in the vehicle, which had been stolen and had false registration plates.

The Mail on Sunday last week disclosed
an official police document detailing the background to the shooting.

It revealed that
the police apparently had little evidence to conclude that Mr Grainger
and the two men with him – who cannot be named for legal reasons – might
be armed.

Mr Grainger's partner Gail Hadfield is determined to get justice

Mr Grainger’s partner Gail Hadfield is determined to get justice

The document, an
official ‘summary of evidence’, stated that officers saw one of the men
putting a hacksaw in another car a few days earlier and had separately
observed the three individuals driving around the village.

But they
apparently had no direct information they were carrying weapons, raising
serious doubts as to whether the shooting was justified.

The watchdog told Mr Grainger’s family last week that the shooting was being investigated as a criminal matter.

Mr Grainger, an “odd job man”, was born in Salford and lived in Deane Church Lane, Bolton.