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| Dale Cregan trial: Defendant admits killing police officers | Dale Cregan trial: Defendant admits killing police officers |
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| The man accused of murdering two police officers in a gun and grenade attack has now admitted killing them. | The man accused of murdering two police officers in a gun and grenade attack has now admitted killing them. |
| Dale Cregan, 29, had denied murdering PCs Fiona Bone, 32, and Nicola Hughes, 23, in Tameside on 18 September. | Dale Cregan, 29, had denied murdering PCs Fiona Bone, 32, and Nicola Hughes, 23, in Tameside on 18 September. |
| Cregan still denies the murders of David Short, 46, and his son Mark, 23. | Cregan still denies the murders of David Short, 46, and his son Mark, 23. |
| There are also nine co-accused at Preston Crown Court, whose charges include murder and attempted murder of the father and son. | There are also nine co-accused at Preston Crown Court, whose charges include murder and attempted murder of the father and son. |
| Cregan is alleged to have murdered Mark Short in The Cotton Tree pub, Droylsden, on 25 May and David Short on 10 August at his home in Clayton. | |
| Earlier in the trial, the jury heard that Cregan lured PCs Bone and Hughes to a house in Mottram before shooting them repeatedly and then throwing a grenade at his victims. | |
| Cregan had evaded a nationwide manhunt when he set the trap, the court was told. | Cregan had evaded a nationwide manhunt when he set the trap, the court was told. |
| 'Shot in the back' | |
| Last week the two murdered policewomen's families listened in court to details of the "bloody conclusion" to Dale Cregan's alleged string of attacks. | |
| He told police, "I'll be waiting", as he lured the unarmed and unsuspecting officers with a bogus 999 call. | |
| As the officers walked into the front garden of a house in Abbey Gardens, he opened the door and shot them repeatedly with a Glock pistol. | |
| PC Hughes tried to run but was hit in the back below her body armour. | |
| PC Bone, who was trapped in the front garden, tried to shoot Cregan with a stun gun and fell in a shower of 24 bullets. | |
| Cregan returned to PC Hughes and shot her in the head before tossing the grenade towards the officers and discarding the pistol. He drove off in the householder's BMW. |