'I cradled Yvonne's head in my hands and I promised her that one day I would get justice for her. I'm still fighting for it,' colleague and former PC John Murray said.
More than a thousand people are expected to flood a pretty London square to celebrate the life of a police officer murdered there exactly 40 years ago. PC Yvonne Fletcher, 25, was shot dead by a bullet fired from inside the Libyan embassy while she was policing a demonstration outside the building. No-one was ever charged with her murder, but campaigners are hoping this year to bring a private prosecution against a former Libyan minister who was there that day.
Mabrouk later returned to claim asylum in London and was arrested in 2015 on suspicion of conspiracy to murder, but he was not charged because some evidence would have threatened national security. He denied any involvement. In a High Court civil case three years ago, a judge branded Mabrouk jointly liable for the shooting - on the balance of probabilities, rather than the criminal test of beyond reasonable doubt.
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