Colleague of Yvonne Fletcher tells court of 37 years of pain and anger

John Murray making civil claim over 1984 murder of police officer outside Libyan embassy in London

A retired police officer who is suing a man over the murder of PC Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan embassy has spoken of 37 years of pain, guilt and anger at the authorities over his friend’s death, in moving testimony at the high court.

John Murray, 66, said he had been left with no other option than to launch a civil claim for the nominal sum of £1 against Saleh Ibrahim Mabrouk because “the authorities were not going to act”.