PC's death near Newcastle
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PC Joe Carroll was a brother in law of a friend of mine. Story is that he had arrested the suspect, who was known to him and considered non-threatening. The suspect was apparently in the back seat and accompanied by another policman. As they approached a curve, he lunged forward and engaged the handbrake. The car rolled, and PC Carroll was killed outright.
My condolences to his family and colleagues.
PC Joe Carroll was a brother in law of a friend of mine. Story is that he had arrested the suspect, who was known to him and considered non-threatening. The suspect was apparently in the back seat and accompanied by another policman. As they approached a curve, he lunged forward and engaged the handbrake. The car rolled, and PC Carroll was killed outright.
My condolences to his family and colleagues.
jewhoo said:
The guy who did it is a staff seargent at Sandhurst, it was after a domestic dispute, he was being taken from Hexham to Newcastle as there weren't any cells in Hexham. I believe he's also being charged for actual bodily harm on the inspector who was in the car.
Sounds more like he kicked off and tried to beat the bobbies senseless with something. Although the car was on it's roof, there wasn't a great deal of damage so either something went through the drivers window when the car went up the embankment, or the guy had something on him and tried to use his "army skills".
I heard that the handbrake was yanked fully on. Something like the 17th notch...when 6 were apparently enough to lock the wheels.
It seems the suspect was well known to the PC and they had dealt with similar incidents in the past with no problem.
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