With the end of Gadaffi’s regime in Libya I thought it would be appropriate to revisit the event which had a direct impact on London itself, back in the 1980s. Tucked away in a leafy corner of the pretty St James Square, just down the street from the royal residences of St James Palace and Clarence House, you’ll find a modest memorial to a brave policewoman. WPC Yvonne Fletcher was gunned down in cold blood on 17 April 1984 as she was policing a peaceful protest outside the then Libyan Embassy. Fletcher’s murder by an unknown assailant resulted in the cutting of diplomatic relations with Libya for over 15 years, and to date her killer has not been brought to justice. I wonder, with the death of Gadaffi and many of the senior officials surrounding him, whether we’ve now lost any opportunity to find out the truth of what happened on that day…
If you’d like to visit the memorial and perhaps pay your respects, you can find it here:
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