Lifer who murdered West Yorkshire PC given second life term

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Lifer who murdered West Yorkshire PC given second life term

Overall minimum term will rise from 37 to 43 years after attack on prison officer.

Date - 22nd November 2022
By - Police Oracle

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Former US marine and bodybuilder David Bieber used a potentially “deadly” homemade pronged iron bar to repeatedly stab prison officer Alison Smith in 2017, while serving life for the murder of PC Ian Broadhurst and the attempted murder...

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