Christopher Adam Gregg (born September 1955) is a former

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and was head of West Yorkshire Police's Homicide and Major Enquiry Team (HMET). Gregg joined the force in 1974 and as a constable was put on front-line duties in the

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inquiry in the

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murder incident room. He left the force in 2008 to take up a senior position as an adviser to a forensic service provider company, LGC Forensics."Chief is off after 30 years in force"
''Bradford Telegraph & Argus'', 16 May 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2010 In 2010 Gregg, together with Lord Stevens and Dr

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, founded Axiom International Limited.

Career

In his career, headed some high-profile criminal investigations including: * The kidnap and murder in November 2000 of 16-year-old Leeds schoolgirl

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by John Taylor, described at his trial in 2002 by the judge as a "sexual sadist". In February 2003, he was convicted of two rapes, based on DNA evidence, and given two additional life sentences. * The American fugitive

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who murdered traffic PC Ian Broadhurst and attempted the murder of two other policemen on 26 December 2003. * Identification of the

Hoaxer, John Humble, who was tried and sentenced in October 2005 – 25 years after the offence which was one of the most notorious – and damaging – hoaxes in criminal history. Gregg won £50,000 libel damages, plus costs, after being accused by Irish writer Noel O'Gara of "stitching up" John Humble as the writer of the hoax letters and sender of a tape recording purporting to be from the Yorkshire Ripper. * Serial killer

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, dubbed the 'Angel of Death' who murdered four elderly patients in a hospital in Leeds, receiving a life sentence in 2008. * Gregg led the enquiry into the

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deaths in West Yorkshire, when Shipman, a practising medical doctor, was apprehended, later having 218 murders positively ascribed to him. On leaving the force he spoke against the misuse by suspected murderers of the protective shield of human rights legislation.

Awards

*2008: Gregg was awarded the Queen's Police Medal (QPM) in the 2008

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. Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Sir

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described Gregg as one of the finest detectives the force had ever known."Human rights law 'shielding rapists'"
''The Daily Telegraph''. 13 May 2008 – Retrieved 18 March 2010"Human Rights Loophole Condemned"
''Daily Express''. 13 May 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2010

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gregg, Chris English recipients of the Queen's Police Medal Living people People from Huddersfield West Yorkshire Police officers 1955 births