On the night of 2 August 1961, at about three in the morning, PC Arthur Rowlands was on patrol in the Machynlleth area of Montgomeryshire when he saw a man acting suspiciously in the vicinity of Pont-ar-Ddyfi just outside the town. There had been a number of incidents involving summer visitors to the area, and a spate of burglaries, and the police were on the alert for any sign of wrongdoing.
Friday 18 January 2013
The head of a national police group who died suddenly was remembered today for his “tireless” work for officers during one of the most turbulent times in the force's history.
Saturday 17 March 2012
Hundreds of people gathered today for the funeral of blinded PC David Rathband, which began in humorous style with the Monty Python song 'Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life'.
Sunday 11 March 2012
A memorial service for PC David Rathband took place in Newcastle yesterday.
Saturday 03 March 2012
It can take a second. It can, of course, take much longer than that, but it can take just a second for a life to fall apart. For David Rathband, it took a few seconds for an unemployed bouncer to puncture his eyeballs, with 200 pellets from two separate gunshots, and it took a few months for his marriage to unravel, and it took a few more months for him to decide that he'd rather be dead.
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