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| Dale Cregan's 'bizarre' murder denials | Dale Cregan's 'bizarre' murder denials |
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| Police killer Dale Cregan's denial of murdering two other people is "bizarre", a jury has heard. | Police killer Dale Cregan's denial of murdering two other people is "bizarre", a jury has heard. |
| In his closing speech Prosecutor Nicholas Clarke QC said Cregan's confession he killed David Short was the "worst kept secret in Strangeways". | |
| Dale Cregan denies killing Mark Short, 23, last May and his father David, 46, three months later in a gun and grenade attack, at Preston Crown Court. | |
| Cregan, 29, has admitted murdering PCs Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes. | Cregan, 29, has admitted murdering PCs Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes. |
| He is on trial, along with eight other men, accused of murdering the Shorts. | |
| 'Calling card' | 'Calling card' |
| Mr Clarke said David Short's murder was "essentially" the same as the attack on the police officers, a month later. | Mr Clarke said David Short's murder was "essentially" the same as the attack on the police officers, a month later. |
| He told the court: "Essentially it was the same way. The surprise ambush, the hail of gunfire and the gratuitous throwing of his calling card (the grenade)." | He told the court: "Essentially it was the same way. The surprise ambush, the hail of gunfire and the gratuitous throwing of his calling card (the grenade)." |
| CCTV footage of Cregan trying to to fire a Glock handgun and throwing a grenade at the home of another intended victim shortly after the killing of Mr Short was "the most obvious evidence against him", he said. | CCTV footage of Cregan trying to to fire a Glock handgun and throwing a grenade at the home of another intended victim shortly after the killing of Mr Short was "the most obvious evidence against him", he said. |
| "But bizarrely he has pleaded not guilty," said Mr Clarke. | "But bizarrely he has pleaded not guilty," said Mr Clarke. |