Northolt siege (original) (raw)
The Northolt siege was a hostage situation which developed in Northolt, West London, England, on 25 December 1985 and resulted in the shooting of Errol Walker. It was the first shooting by an officer from the Metropolitan Police's specialist Firearms Wing. After a domestic dispute, Walker forced entry into his sister-in-law's flat. He took the woman, her daughter, and his own daughter hostage and shortly afterwards fatally stabbed the woman. Negotiations eventually secured the release of Walker's daughter but he still held the other child hostage with a large kitchen knife.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| dbo:abstract | The Northolt siege was a hostage situation which developed in Northolt, West London, England, on 25 December 1985 and resulted in the shooting of Errol Walker. It was the first shooting by an officer from the Metropolitan Police's specialist Firearms Wing. After a domestic dispute, Walker forced entry into his sister-in-law's flat. He took the woman, her daughter, and his own daughter hostage and shortly afterwards fatally stabbed the woman. Negotiations eventually secured the release of Walker's daughter but he still held the other child hostage with a large kitchen knife. Senior police officers were keen to resolve the situation without use of force and adopted a policy of appeasing Walker, which included withdrawing armed officers from Walker's vision. Almost 30 hours into the siege, Walker ventured onto the communal balcony to pick up an abandoned riot shield. Armed police officers attempted to intercept him but he made it back to the flat before they reached him. The officers threw stun grenades through the windows and climbed through the kitchen window. One officer found Walker lying on a sofa, holding the knife to the child, and fired three shots, hitting Walker twice. Walker was knocked unconscious but both he and the girl survived. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, attempted murder, and other offences. Although the Firearms Wing had existed for almost 20 years, Northolt marked the first time one of its officers had opened fire, and the first use of stun grenades by British police. The incident demonstrated the unit's capabilities, which it had been developing for several years. One historian of the unit felt that the incident showed that the police had an alternative for crises that could not be resolved peacefully. (en) |
| dbo:thumbnail | wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Poynter_Court,_Galler...ens_in_November_2022_01.jpg?width=300 |
| dbo:wikiPageExternalLink | https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv=tfTSyAisas4 |
| dbo:wikiPageID | 68573268 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageLength | 13536 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger) |
| dbo:wikiPageRevisionID | 1123947553 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageWikiLink | dbr:Christmas_Eve dbr:Police_use_of_firearms_in_the_United_Kingdom dbr:1985_Brixton_riot dbc:1985_in_London dbc:December_1985_events_in_the_United_Kingdom dbc:Metropolitan_Police_operations dbr:Anthony_Long_(police_officer) dbr:Brixton dbr:Hackney_siege dbr:Northolt dbr:Diminished_responsibility_in_English_law dbr:Temple_(anatomy) dbr:Grievous_bodily_harm dbr:Metropolitan_Police dbr:Metropolitan_Police_Specialist_Firearms_Command dbr:Old_Bailey dbr:Shepherd's_Bush_murders dbr:Riot_shield dbr:Stun_grenade dbr:File:Map_of_Northolt,_London.png dbr:File:Poynter_Court,_Gallery_Gardens_in_November_2022_01.jpg dbr:File:Poynter_Court,_Gallery_Gardens_in_November_2022_03.jpg |
| dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate | dbt:Cite_book dbt:Reflist dbt:Short_description dbt:Use_dmy_dates |
| dcterms:subject | dbc:1985_in_London dbc:December_1985_events_in_the_United_Kingdom dbc:Metropolitan_Police_operations |
| rdfs:comment | The Northolt siege was a hostage situation which developed in Northolt, West London, England, on 25 December 1985 and resulted in the shooting of Errol Walker. It was the first shooting by an officer from the Metropolitan Police's specialist Firearms Wing. After a domestic dispute, Walker forced entry into his sister-in-law's flat. He took the woman, her daughter, and his own daughter hostage and shortly afterwards fatally stabbed the woman. Negotiations eventually secured the release of Walker's daughter but he still held the other child hostage with a large kitchen knife. (en) |
| rdfs:label | Northolt siege (en) |
| owl:sameAs | wikidata:Northolt siege https://global.dbpedia.org/id/G8TfU |
| prov:wasDerivedFrom | wikipedia-en:Northolt_siege?oldid=1123947553&ns=0 |
| foaf:depiction | wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Map_of_Northolt,_London.png wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Poynter_Court,_Gallery_Gardens_in_November_2022_01.jpg wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Poynter_Court,_Gallery_Gardens_in_November_2022_03.jpg |
| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf | wikipedia-en:Northolt_siege |
| is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of | dbr:Hackney_siege dbr:Killing_of_Azelle_Rodney dbr:Metropolitan_Police_Specialist_Firearms_Command |
| is foaf:primaryTopic of | wikipedia-en:Northolt_siege |
