Police killer told he will die behind bars

Cold-blooded killer Dale Cregan was told he will die in prison for the murders of two unarmed policewomen and a father and son.

Cregan, 30, described by Greater Manchester Chief Constable Peter Fahy as a “scourge on our society”, was given a whole life sentence yesterday by Mr Justice Holroyde at Preston Crown Court.

One-eyed Cregan was already on the run for the murders of David Short, 46, and son Mark, 23, when he killed policewomen Nicola Hughes, 23, and Fiona Bone, 32, in a horrifying gun and grenade attack.