Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell, who survived a dissident republican murder attempt, has received the King's Police Medal at Buckingham Palace. Caldwell was shot multiple times at a sports complex in Omagh, Co Tyrone, while packing up after coaching a youth football team.
A detective from Northern Ireland who survived a murder attempt has said he feels "honoured" after receiving the King's Police Medal.
Speaking to the PA news agency on Thursday, Mr Caldwell said: "I'm feeling very happy, feel very privileged, feel very honoured to be firstly nominated and then to receive such a very nice medal from the King." "But the recovery is going very well. That's thanks to the medical teams and thanks to the support from family and friends and from my wife and my son."
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