Pair lured to their deaths

Sir Peter Fahy at the press conference

POLICEWOMEN Fiona Bone (32), and Saddleworth’s Nicola Hughes (23), had been sent to investigate what appeared to be a routine burglary report yesterday when Dale Cregan (29) attacked them with a gun and a grenade, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.

The force's Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy said: "It would appear Cregan has deliberately done this in an act of cold-blooded murder."

After the murders, the fugitive, already wanted in connection with separate gun and grenade attacks that killed father and son David and Mark Short, gave himself up at nearby Hyde Police Station.

He said: "When they arrived, it appears that Cregan emerged into the road and killed these two officers. A firearm was used, a grenade was also used."

Sir Peter said he believed Cregan had been "protected by a criminal conspiracy to harbour him", adding that the force was "fully determined" to investigate that conspiracy and bring those involved "to book".

Sir Peter added that police had been looking at a range of scenarios including Cregan trying to kill other people as a result of the gangland feud he was involved in.








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