Christopher Adam Gregg (born September 1955) is a former Detective Chief Superintendent and was head of West Yorkshire Police's Homicide and Major Enquiry Team (HMET).Gregg talks about his career". BBC News. 19 May 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2010 Gregg joined the force in 1974 and as a constable was put on front-line duties in the Yorkshire Ripper inquiry in the Helen Rytka murder incident room. He left the force in 2008 to take up a senior position as an adviser to a forensic service provider company, LGC Forensics."Chief is off after 30 years in force". Bradford Telegraph & Argus, 16 May 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2010 In 2010 Gregg, together with Lord Stevens and Angela Gallop, founded Axiom International Limited."Axiom International Key People"
Career In his career, headed some high-profile criminal investigations including:
The kidnap and murder in November 2000 of 16-year-old Leeds schoolgirl Leanne Tiernan by John Taylor, described at his trial in 2002 by the judge as a "sexual sadist".BBC News" 8 July 2002. Retrieved 17 March 2010 In February 2003, he was convicted of two rapes, based on DNA evidence, and given two additional life sentences. – Forensic cases. Retrieved 23 March 2010 The American fugitive David Bieber who murdered traffic PC Ian Broadhurst and attempted the murder of two other policemen on 26 December 2003.CBS News" 16 February 2008 – Retrieved 18 March 2010"Police killer will die in prison for brutal, cold-blooded crime". The Times. 3 December 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010"Hunt stepped up for police officer's killer". The Scotsman. 29 December 2003. Retrieved 20 March 2010 Identification of the Yorkshire Ripper Hoaxer, John Humble, who was tried and sentenced in October 2005 – 25 years after the offence which was one of the most notorious – and damaging – hoaxes in criminal history.Man still held over Ripper hoax". BBC News October 2005. Retrieved 18 March 2003Ripper hoaxer sent to prison for eight years". The Independent. 22 March 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2010'Callous' Ripper hoaxer sent to prison for eight years". The Independent. 21 March 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2010.'I did it because I was bored and on the dole'". Yorkshire Post. 21 March 2006. Retrieved 19 March 2010 Gregg won £50,000 libel damages, plus costs, after being accused by Irish writer Noel O'Gara of "stitching up" John Humble as the writer of the hoax letters and sender of a tape recording purporting to be from the Yorkshire Ripper. "Ripper detective wins £50,000 damages" . Sunderland Echo, 11 March 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2010 Serial killer Colin Norris, dubbed the 'Angel of Death' who murdered four elderly patients in a hospital in Leeds, receiving a life sentence in 2008.Colin Norris, 'Angel of Death' nurse, jailed for life". The Daily Telegraph, 4 March 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2010BBC TV News interview with Gregg after the trial". Retrieved 20 March 2010Colin Norris, 'Angel of Death' nurse, jailed for life". Daily Telegraph. 4 March 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2010 Gregg led the enquiry into the Harold Shipman deaths in West Yorkshire, when Shipman, a practising medical doctor, was apprehended, later having 218 murders positively ascribed to him."How Many More did Shipman Kill?". The Independent. 9 October 2001. Retrieved 23 March 2010
On leaving the force he spoke against the misuse by suspected murderers of the protective shield of human rights legislation."Human Rights Law 'Shielding Rapists'". The Daily Telegraph, 13 May 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2010"Human Rights 'Loopholes' Condemned". Daily Express, 13 May 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2010Detective Attacks Criminals Pleas for Human Rights". Bradford Telegraph & Argus, 13 May 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2010
Awards 2008: Gregg was awarded the Queen's Police Medal (QPM) in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours.Queen's Birthday Honours 2008 Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Sir Norman Bettison described Gregg as one of the finest detectives the force had ever known."Human rights law 'shielding rapists'" The Daily Telegraph. 13 May 2008 – Retrieved 18 March 2010"Human Rights Loophole Condemned". Daily Express. 13 May 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2010
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