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She gave her life in the line of duty - now GMP are making sure she and all 999 heroes are never forgotten
direct to your inboxShe fell in the line of duty.PC Alison Armitage paid the ultimate price for being what then Prime Minister, Tony Blair, described as "some one who engaged in often difficult and dangerous work".The 29-year-old officer had been deployed undercover in Oldham when she was mowed down and killed by a criminal in a stolen car.She was reversed over in a derelict car park in Hollinwood on March 5th 2001 by Thomas Whaley, then 19, as he tried to escape in a stolen Vauxhall.He was jailed for eight years for her manslaughter but released from Strangeways in 2006. In May 2019, he was again jailed for life for two terrifying post office robberies in Rotherham.
