Dale Cregan
Dale Christopher Cregan (born 6 June 1983)[1] is an English serial killer. In 2012, he murdered four people in Greater Manchester: Mark Short, David Short, Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone; he also attempted to murder three other men.
Cregan was born at Tameside General Hospital, Greater Manchester, and grew up in a two-up, two-down terraced house in Droylsden.[1] He has an older brother, a younger sister and a son.[1] Cregan attended Littlemoss High School in Droylsden[1] and soon after became a cannabis dealer. He became a cocaine dealer in his early twenties.[1] He lost his left eye.[1]
On 25 May, Cregan shot Mark Short, 23, dead in the Cotton Tree pub in Droylsden. In the same incident, he tried to kill three other men. On 10 August, Cregan killed Mark's father David Short, 46, at David's house in Clayton by shooting him and throwing a grenade at him.
On 18 September 2012, Cregan killed Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone with a grenade in Hattersley.[2]
Cregan was sentenced to a term of whole life imprisonment at Preston Crown Court on 13 June 2013.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Cop killer
- ^ Father of murdered WPc says Cregan should hang
- ^ "Police killer Cregan jailed for life". BBC News. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- 1983 births
- Living people
- 21st-century British criminals
- British people convicted of attempted murder
- British people convicted of murdering police officers
- Drug dealers
- English prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment
- English serial killers
- Murder in 2012
- Murder in Greater Manchester
- Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by England and Wales