A police marksman who shot dead unarmed robbery suspect Anthony Grainger in 2012 will not face disciplinary action. The police watchdog has today (Wednesday) ruled the officer, known only as Q9, acted 'honestly'.
Q9 killed Mr Grainger, a Salford-raised father-of-two, by firing a single bullet from his Heckler and Koch MP5 sub-machine gun.
Mr Grainger was behind the wheel of a stolen red Audi in a car park in the village of Culcheth, near Warrington, where police suspected they were about to rob a supermarket.
A 2019 public inquiry into the shooting revealed that Q9 had been presented with seriously inaccurate intelligence, which exaggerated the risk posed by Mr Grainger, a convicted criminal who had served time in prison.
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