Robin Oake is the former
Chief Constable of the
Isle of Man Constabulary and before that
Assistant Chief Constable of
Greater Manchester Police.
He was
Chief Constable of the
Isle of Man from 1986 to 1999, when he was succeeded by
Mike Culverhouse.
He is the father of Detective Constable
Stephen Oake, who was stabbed to death while attempting to arrest an
Al Qaeda
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suspect. He was nominated for the
George Cross
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, but was instead awarded the
Queen's Gallantry Medal. Oake wrote the book ''Father Forgive: The Forgotten 'F' Word'' following his son's murder. Robin is a strong
evangelical Christian, like Stephen Oake was, and publicly forgave his son's murderer.
[Keswick Convention July 2013]
He is chairman of the Isle of Man Commonwealth Games Association.
Footnotes
References
Forgiveness of killerReactions to Stephen Oake's death, BBC Manchester
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Manx Chief Constables
British police chief officers
English recipients of the Queen's Police Medal
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