Man held over Yvonne Fletcher shooting

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34867860

Man held on suspicion of conspiracy to murder PC Yvonne Fletcher outside Libyan Embassy in London in 1984

That's basically the sum of it so far..

[Ramrod]

Fantastic!

I'm wondering why now?What led them to this man?Did somebody finger him for the money or is someone evening a score?Why did he risk being in Britain?

[Derek]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

I'm wondering why now?What led them to this man?Did somebody finger him for the money or is someone evening a score?Why did he risk being in Britain?

Id imagine they knew exactly who they wanted to speak to and have done for some time. My money is on him being here claiming asylum since the fall of the old Libyan regime.

[Osem]

Originally Posted by Derek

Id imagine they knew exactly who they wanted to speak to and have done for some time. My money is on him being here claiming asylum since the fall of the old Libyan regime.

I'd like to think that's nonsense but feel pretty sure it isn't and that there are a great many wholly undesirable people in the UK who've done exactly that. Why we'd give safe haven to such people is beyond me.

I hope for the family and loved ones of WPC Fletcher that they finally manage to get some closure and anyone found guilty of her murder is punished here before being returned to Libya or wherever else they came from.

[Derek]

Originally Posted by Osem

I'd like to think that's nonsense but feel pretty sure it isn't and that there are a great many wholly undesirable people in the UK who've done exactly that.

It would be nice if it was nonsense but sadly not.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...r-deposed.html

A man arrested over the murder of Pc Yvonne Fletcher is a former Gaddafi loyalist who claimed asylum in the UK after the Libyan dictator was deposed,

Dr Mabrouk was deported after the demonstration with the government saying his presence in the country was 'not conducive to the public good'.

But he re-entered Britain 15 years ago to study as part of Foreign Office moves to improve relations between Libya and the UK