Victory in court bid to find Gaddafi aide liable for Pc Yvonne Fletcher shooting

Pc Yvonne Fletcher (PA)

A retired police officer in the UK has won his High Court bid to hold Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s ex-aide jointly liable for the fatal shooting of Pc Yvonne Fletcher 37 years ago.

Pc Fletcher, 25, was killed while policing a demonstration against the former Libyan leader outside his country’s embassy in St James’s Square in central London on April 17 1984.