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| Officer guilty over PC Ian Terry death | Officer guilty over PC Ian Terry death |
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| A Greater Manchester Police officer has been found guilty of breaching health and safety laws when an unarmed officer was shot dead in a training exercise. | A Greater Manchester Police officer has been found guilty of breaching health and safety laws when an unarmed officer was shot dead in a training exercise. |
| PC Ian Terry, 32, from Burnley, Lancashire, was killed in June 2008 during police firearms training at a disused warehouse in Newton Heath. | PC Ian Terry, 32, from Burnley, Lancashire, was killed in June 2008 during police firearms training at a disused warehouse in Newton Heath. |
| An officer, one of two trainers, was found guilty at Manchester Crown Court. | An officer, one of two trainers, was found guilty at Manchester Crown Court. |
| A second officer was cleared. Both were granted anonymity and had denied the charges. | A second officer was cleared. Both were granted anonymity and had denied the charges. |
| The officers, a sergeant and a constable, pleaded not guilty to one count of a breach of Section 7 of the Health and Safety at Work Act. | |
| The section requires employees to take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and others. | |
| The jury heard the training exercise was "deeply flawed". | |
| PC Terry was carrying an unloaded handgun while playing the role of a criminal fleeing in a car during the exercise. | |
| The father-of-two, who was not wearing body armour, was hit from a distance of about 12in (30.5cm) by a blank round of specialist ammunition not designed to kill. |