Police Dependants' Trust
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Police Care UK, formerly the Police Dependants' Trust, is a body which looks after the interest and welfare of the families of British police officers who have died or been incapacitated as a result of injury while on duty.[2][3][4]
| Formation | December 1966 |
|---|---|
| Type | Charity |
| Location |
|
| Website | policecare |
Formerly called | Police Dependents' Trust[1] |
It was set up in December 1966 from financial donations which flooded in after three CID officers in London were murdered by three men whose car they had stopped for a routine inspection (Shepherd's Bush murders).[1][5][6][7] The initial contributor was holiday camp owner Billy Butlin, who anonymously donated £100,000. Public donations soon swelled the fund to one million pounds.[8][5]
The three killers were all given life sentences.[9] John Duddy died while imprisoned in Parkhurst prison in February 1981,[7][10] while John Edward 'Jack' Witney was released on licence in 1991 after 25 years and was later murdered in Bristol in 1999.[11][7] Harry Roberts was released on licence in November 2014, after serving 48 years.[6][9]
In 2019, following a merger with the National Police Fund, Police Dependents' Trust became Police Care UK.[8]
.svg){kind=small}