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* The American fugitive [[David Bieber]] who murdered traffic PC Ian Broadhurst and attempted the murder of two other policemen on 26 December 2003.<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/25/48hours/main1237669_page6.shtml CBS News"] 16 February 2008 – Retrieved 18 March 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article398316.ece "Police killer will die in prison for brutal, cold-blooded crime"]. ''The Times''. 3 December 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010</ref><ref>[http://news.scotsman.com/leedspoliceshooting/Hunt-stepped-up-for-police.2490512.jp "Hunt stepped up for police officer's killer"]. ''The Scotsman''. 29 December 2003. Retrieved 20 March 2010</ref>
* The American fugitive [[David Bieber]] who murdered traffic PC Ian Broadhurst and attempted the murder of two other policemen on 26 December 2003.<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/25/48hours/main1237669_page6.shtml CBS News"] 16 February 2008 – Retrieved 18 March 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article398316.ece "Police killer will die in prison for brutal, cold-blooded crime"]. ''The Times''. 3 December 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010</ref><ref>[http://news.scotsman.com/leedspoliceshooting/Hunt-stepped-up-for-police.2490512.jp "Hunt stepped up for police officer's killer"]. ''The Scotsman''. 29 December 2003. Retrieved 20 March 2010</ref>


* Identification of the Yorkshire Ripper Hoaxer, [[John Humble]], who was tried and sentenced in October 2005 – 25 years after the offence which was one of the most notorious – and damaging – hoaxes in criminal history.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/4828828.stm Man still held over Ripper hoax"]. BBC News October 2005. Retrieved 18 March 2003</ref><ref>[http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/callous-ripper-hoaxer-sent-to-prison-for-eight-years-108883.html'Callous' Ripper hoaxer sent to prison for eight years"]. ''The Independent''. 22 March 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/wearside-jack-i-deserve-to-go-to-jail-for-evil-ripper-hoax-470742.html 'Callous' Ripper hoaxer sent to prison for eight years"]. ''The Independent''. 21 March 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/39I-did-it-because-I.1392084.jp 'I did it because I was bored and on the dole'"]. ''Yorkshire Post''. 21 March 2006. Retrieved 19 March 2010</ref> Gregg won £50,000 libel damages, plus costs, after being accused by Irish writer Noel O'Gara of "stitching up" John Humble as the writer of the hoax letters and sender of a tape recording purporting to be from the Yorkshire Ripper.<ref>[http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/Ripper-detective-wins-50000-damages.3864354.jp "Ripper detective wins £50,000 damages"]. ''Sunderland Echo'', 11 March 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2010</ref>
* Identification of the Yorkshire Ripper Hoaxer, [[Wearside Jack|John Humble]], who was tried and sentenced in October 2005 – 25 years after the offence which was one of the most notorious – and damaging – hoaxes in criminal history.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/4828828.stm Man still held over Ripper hoax"]. BBC News October 2005. Retrieved 18 March 2003</ref><ref>[http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/callous-ripper-hoaxer-sent-to-prison-for-eight-years-108883.html'Callous' Ripper hoaxer sent to prison for eight years"]. ''The Independent''. 22 March 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/wearside-jack-i-deserve-to-go-to-jail-for-evil-ripper-hoax-470742.html 'Callous' Ripper hoaxer sent to prison for eight years"]. ''The Independent''. 21 March 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/39I-did-it-because-I.1392084.jp 'I did it because I was bored and on the dole'"]. ''Yorkshire Post''. 21 March 2006. Retrieved 19 March 2010</ref> Gregg won £50,000 libel damages, plus costs, after being accused by Irish writer Noel O'Gara of "stitching up" John Humble as the writer of the hoax letters and sender of a tape recording purporting to be from the Yorkshire Ripper.<ref>[http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/Ripper-detective-wins-50000-damages.3864354.jp "Ripper detective wins £50,000 damages"]. ''Sunderland Echo'', 11 March 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2010</ref>


* Serial killer [[Colin Norris]], dubbed the 'Angel of Death' who murdered four elderly patients in a hospital in Leeds receiving a life sentence in 2008.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1580651/Colin-Norris,-'Angel-of-Death'-nurse,-jailed-for-life.html Angel of Death nurse jailed for life"]. ''The Daily Telegraph'', 4 March 2008 – Retrieved 20 March 2010</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7270000/newsid_7275500/7275593.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&asb=1&news=1&ms3=22&ms_javascript=true&bbcws=2 BBC TV News interview with Gregg after the trial"]. Retrieved 20 March 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1580651/Colin-Norris,-'Angel-of-Death'-nurse,-jailed-for-life.html Colin Norris, 'Angel of Death' nurse, jailed for life"]. ''Daily Telegraph''. 4 March 2004. Retrieved 23 March 2010</ref>
* Serial killer [[Colin Norris]], dubbed the 'Angel of Death' who murdered four elderly patients in a hospital in Leeds receiving a life sentence in 2008.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1580651/Colin-Norris,-'Angel-of-Death'-nurse,-jailed-for-life.html Angel of Death nurse jailed for life"]. ''The Daily Telegraph'', 4 March 2008 – Retrieved 20 March 2010</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7270000/newsid_7275500/7275593.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&asb=1&news=1&ms3=22&ms_javascript=true&bbcws=2 BBC TV News interview with Gregg after the trial"]. Retrieved 20 March 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1580651/Colin-Norris,-'Angel-of-Death'-nurse,-jailed-for-life.html Colin Norris, 'Angel of Death' nurse, jailed for life"]. ''Daily Telegraph''. 4 March 2004. Retrieved 23 March 2010</ref>

Revision as of 08:53, 20 December 2015

Chris Gregg QPM is a former Detective Chief Superintendent and was head of West Yorkshire Police's Homicide and Major Enquiry Team (HMET).[1] Gregg joined the force in 1974 and as a constable was put on front-line duties in the Yorkshire Ripper inquiry in the Helen Rytka murder incident room.[2] He left the force in 2008 to take up a senior position as an adviser[3] to a forensic service provider company, LGC Forensics.[2] In 2010 Gregg, together with Lord Stevens and Dr Angela Gallop, founded Axiom International Limited.[4]

Awards

Gregg was awarded the Queen's Police Medal (QPM) in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours.[5] Chief Constable of West Yorkshire, Sir Norman Bettison, described Gregg as one of the finest detectives the force had ever known.[3][6][7]

Career

Gregg was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire and in a 34-year career, headed up some high profile criminal investigations of recent years including:

  • The kidnap and murder in November 2000 of 16-year-old Leeds schoolgirl Leanne Tiernan by John Taylor described at his trial in 2002 by the judge as a "sexual sadist".[8] In February 2003, he was convicted of two rapes, based on DNA evidence, and given two additional life sentences.[9]
  • The American fugitive David Bieber who murdered traffic PC Ian Broadhurst and attempted the murder of two other policemen on 26 December 2003.[10][11][12]
  • Identification of the Yorkshire Ripper Hoaxer, John Humble, who was tried and sentenced in October 2005 – 25 years after the offence which was one of the most notorious – and damaging – hoaxes in criminal history.[13][14][15][16] Gregg won £50,000 libel damages, plus costs, after being accused by Irish writer Noel O'Gara of "stitching up" John Humble as the writer of the hoax letters and sender of a tape recording purporting to be from the Yorkshire Ripper.[17]
  • Serial killer Colin Norris, dubbed the 'Angel of Death' who murdered four elderly patients in a hospital in Leeds receiving a life sentence in 2008.[18][19][20]
  • Gregg led the enquiry into the Harold Shipman deaths in West Yorkshire, when Shipman, a practising medical doctor, was apprehended, later having 218 murders positively ascribed to him.[21]

On leaving the force he spoke against the misuse by suspected murderers of the protective shield of human rights legislation.[22][23][24][25][26]

References

  1. ^ Gregg talks about his career". BBC News. 19 May 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2010
  2. ^ a b "Chief is off after 30 years in force". Bradford Telegraph & Argus, 16 May 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2010
  3. ^ a b "Human rights law 'shielding rapists'" The Daily Telegraph. 13 May 2008 – Retrieved 18 March 2010
  4. ^ "Axiom International Key People"
  5. ^ Queen's Birthday Honours 2008
  6. ^ "Human Rights Loophole COndemned". Daily Express. 13 May 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2010
  7. ^ Human Rights Act has 'helped rapists and murderers escape justice' for 10 years". Daily Mail. 13 May 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2010
  8. ^ BBC News" 8 July 2002. Retrieved 17 March 2010
  9. ^ "The murder of Leanne Tiernan" – Forensic cases. Retrieved 23 March 2010
  10. ^ CBS News" 16 February 2008 – Retrieved 18 March 2010
  11. ^ "Police killer will die in prison for brutal, cold-blooded crime". The Times. 3 December 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010
  12. ^ "Hunt stepped up for police officer's killer". The Scotsman. 29 December 2003. Retrieved 20 March 2010
  13. ^ Man still held over Ripper hoax". BBC News October 2005. Retrieved 18 March 2003
  14. ^ Ripper hoaxer sent to prison for eight years". The Independent. 22 March 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2010
  15. ^ 'Callous' Ripper hoaxer sent to prison for eight years". The Independent. 21 March 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2010
  16. ^ 'I did it because I was bored and on the dole'". Yorkshire Post. 21 March 2006. Retrieved 19 March 2010
  17. ^ "Ripper detective wins £50,000 damages". Sunderland Echo, 11 March 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2010
  18. ^ Angel of Death nurse jailed for life". The Daily Telegraph, 4 March 2008 – Retrieved 20 March 2010
  19. ^ BBC TV News interview with Gregg after the trial". Retrieved 20 March 2010
  20. ^ Colin Norris, 'Angel of Death' nurse, jailed for life". Daily Telegraph. 4 March 2004. Retrieved 23 March 2010
  21. ^ "How Many More did Shipman Kill?". The Independent. 9 October 2001. Retrieved 23 March 2010
  22. ^ "Human Rights Law 'Shielding Rapists'". The Daily Telegraph, 13 May 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2010
  23. ^ "Human Rights 'Loopholes' Condemned". Daily Express, 13 May 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2010
  24. ^ "Human Rights Act has 'helped rapists and murderers escape justice' for 10 years, says top detective". Daily Mail, 13 May 2008. Retrieved 25 March
  25. ^ Detective Attacks Criminals Pleas for Human Rights". Bradford Telegraph & Argus, 13 May 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2010
  26. ^ "Human Rights Act has allowed hardened criminals 'to hide from the law', says top detective". Daily Mail, 13 May 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2010

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