Yvonne Joyce Fletcher (1959–17 April 1984) was a British Woman Police Constable who was shot and killed in London's St James's Square while on duty during a protest outside the Libyan embassy. Her death resulted in a police siege of the embassy which lasted for eleven days. It also caused the breakdown of diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and Libya. Her death was the third murder or manslaughter of a mainland British policewoman on duty, only 18 months after the first.

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  • Yvonne Joyce Fletcher (1959–17 April 1984) was a British Woman Police Constable who was shot and killed in London's St James's Square while on duty during a protest outside the Libyan embassy. Her death resulted in a police siege of the embassy which lasted for eleven days. It also caused the breakdown of diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and Libya. Her death was the third murder or manslaughter of a mainland British policewoman on duty, only 18 months after the first. Fletcher was born in Wiltshire and joined the Metropolitan Police in 1977. At 5ft 2¾in tall, she was believed to be Britain's shortest police officer (at the time, police officers were generally subject to minimum height requirements). Nobody has ever been convicted of her murder. (en)
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  • Yvonne Joyce Fletcher (1959–17 April 1984) was a British Woman Police Constable who was shot and killed in London's St James's Square while on duty during a protest outside the Libyan embassy. Her death resulted in a police siege of the embassy which lasted for eleven days. It also caused the breakdown of diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and Libya. Her death was the third murder or manslaughter of a mainland British policewoman on duty, only 18 months after the first. (en)
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  • Yvonne Fletcher (en)
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