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Officer shot dead in gun training was not wearing body armour

A police officer blasted to death with a shotgun by a colleague during a training exercise was not wearing body armour, it emerged yesterday. Constable Ian Terry was playing the role of a criminal fleeing in a car when he was shot in the chest.

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Lucy Collins

A police officer blasted to death with a shotgun by a colleague during a training exercise was not wearing body armour, it emerged yesterday.

Constable Ian Terry was playing the role of a criminal fleeing in a car when he was shot in the chest.