Death of Ged Walker explained

Ged Walker
Birth Name:Gerald Michael Walker
Birth Date:15 January 1960[1]
Death Date:9 January 2003 (aged 42)
Birth Place:Ollerton, England[2]
Death Place:Bulwell, Nottingham, England
Nickname:Ged
Department:Nottinghamshire Police
Rank:Police Constable

PC Gerald Michael "Ged" Walker (15 January 1960 – 9 January 2003)[3] was an English police dog handler with Nottinghamshire Police who was killed in the line of duty in Bulwell, Nottingham, in 2003.

On 7 January 2003, PC Walker was dragged 100 yards (roughly 90 m) and fatally injured by a stolen taxi as he reached into the vehicle in an attempt to remove the keys from the ignition. He died in hospital two days later from serious head injuries. He was survived by his widow and two children.

In December 2003, 26-year-old drug addict David Parfitt was convicted of Walker's manslaughter and sentenced to 13 years in prison.[4] He had been on licence at the time of the incident for a previous robbery offence.

In September 2005, a memorial stone for PC Walker was unveiled at the junction of St. Albans Road and Cantrell Road in Bulwell, close to the location of the fatal incident. Present at the unveiling were Michael Winner, the founder and chairman of the Police Memorial Trust, Walker's widow, and the chief constable of Nottinghamshire Police.[5]

A dog show has been held annually in Long Eaton in memory of Walker since his death in 2003.[6] The police station in Bulwell where he was stationed has been named the Ged Walker Building.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007
  2. Web site: Michael Winner at memorial ceremony – Local – Mansfield and Ashfield Chad . Chad.co.uk . 28 September 2005.
  3. Web site: Nottinghamshire Police. policememorial.org.uk. Police Roll of Honour Trust. 28 October 2014.
  4. Web site: PC's killer 'failed drug tests' . BBC News . 25 March 2004.
  5. Web site: Memorial dedicated to killed Pc . BBC News . 27 September 2005.
  6. Web site: Dog show in memory of Ged Walker . https://archive.today/20130505085650/http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/Dog-memory-Ged-Walker/article-267697-detail/article.html . dead . 5 May 2013 . This is Nottingham . 14 August 2008 .
  7. Web site: Nottinghamshire Police – Bulwell Contact Details . Nottinghamshire.police.uk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110627223906/http://nottinghamshire.police.uk/local/nottingham_city/bulwell/contact/ . 27 June 2011.