Yvonne Fletcher - in pictures


  • Police officer Yvonne Fletcher was fatally shot outside the Libyan embassy in St James's Square, London, on April 17, 1984 as she policed a protest against Muammar Qaddafi. All photos: Getty Images
    Police officer Yvonne Fletcher was fatally shot outside the Libyan embassy in St James's Square, London, on April 17, 1984 as she policed a protest against Muammar Qaddafi. All photos: Getty Images
  • Police at the entrance to St James's Square after the fatal shooting of PC Fletcher
    Police at the entrance to St James's Square after the fatal shooting of PC Fletcher
  • Flowers at the scene where Ms Fletcher was shot outside the embassy
    Flowers at the scene where Ms Fletcher was shot outside the embassy
  • Police officers' hats, including the one belonging to Ms Fletcher, laying at the scene
    Police officers' hats, including the one belonging to Ms Fletcher, laying at the scene
  • Police on patrol during the first day of the 11-day siege of the Libyan embassy which followed the killing of Ms Fletcher
    Police on patrol during the first day of the 11-day siege of the Libyan embassy which followed the killing of Ms Fletcher
  • A policeman escorting a protester during the first day of the siege
    A policeman escorting a protester during the first day of the siege
  • Yvonne Fletcher's parents, Tim and Queenie, with one of her sisters at a press conference the day after her death
    Yvonne Fletcher's parents, Tim and Queenie, with one of her sisters at a press conference the day after her death
  • Police officers at Ms Fletcher's funeral at Salisbury Cathedral in April 1984
    Police officers at Ms Fletcher's funeral at Salisbury Cathedral in April 1984
  • British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher unveils a memorial stone honouring Ms Fletcher in St James's Square in 1985
    British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher unveils a memorial stone honouring Ms Fletcher in St James's Square in 1985
  • Tim and Queenie Fletcher lay flowers at a ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the killing of Ms Fletcher, in 2009
    Tim and Queenie Fletcher lay flowers at a ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the killing of Ms Fletcher, in 2009
  • Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson lays a wreath at the 25th anniversary ceremony in St James's Square in 2009
    Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson lays a wreath at the 25th anniversary ceremony in St James's Square in 2009
  • A female police officer holds an order of service during a memorial service to Ms Fletcher in April 2014
    A female police officer holds an order of service during a memorial service to Ms Fletcher in April 2014