Misjudgments led to bail for ‘desperate’ policeman

A CATALOGUE of misjudgments that allowed a policeman accused of murder to be freed before apparently killing his mother-in-law and then shooting himself was disclosed yesterday.

A judge released Garry Weddell, 47, on bail despite his own reservations and the prosecution’s warning he was a “desperate man” who might try to harm himself.

And magistrates failed to send the father of three back to custody when he breached a bail condition.