As a career copper and former head of West Yorkshire Police's homicide squad, Chris Gregg's career casebook reads like a who's who of British crime. The list of cases he worked on is simply astonishing. He served as a rookie constable on the Yorkshire Ripper inquiry, and, twenty five years later, as newly-appointed head of the force's CID, set up and ran a cold case review that finally unmasked 'Wearside Jack', whose hoaxes fatally misled the original Ripper investigation. He brought Britain's most prolific serial killer Harold Shipman out of prison for questioning over further deaths, and put 'Angel of Death' nurse Colin Norris in the dock for murdering patients. He led the dramatic manhunt for US fugitive David Bieber who cold-bloodedly executed a policeman in Leeds. His teams also tracked down the London crime gang who shot dead PC Sharon Beshenivsky during a bungled raid on a Bradford travel agency. His staff also helped identify the 7/7 London suicide bombers, and he later delayed his honeymoon and retirement during the search for eight year-old Shannon Matthews, who was eventually discovered hidden in a distant relative's house in a bizarre kidnap plot hatched by her mother.
During a long and illustrious career Chris Gregg investigated and confronted the very worst of humanity. His is an astonishing story to tell.
- ISBN13 9781849545020
- Publish Date 4 March 2014
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Biteback Publishing
- Format Paperback
- Pages 356
- Language English