PC Trevor Lock: Hero of Iranian embassy siege dies aged 85 | UK News

PC Trevor Lock, a hero of the famous Iranian embassy investment in London, died at the age of 85.

The Metropolitan police Bobby only recently chose what he thought would be a quieter life than a member of the diplomatic protection group in April 1980, when he and others were taken by the Special Airline (SAS) with the dramatic storm storm of the building by the six-day stand.

Modest and modest, Mr. Lock is still regret that he no longer did to the life of a Iranese Diplomat shot dead by the armed men, a murder that spurred Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to submit the little famous SAS at the time.

The elite troops, armed with under machine rifles and gas grenades, removed from the roof and rescued 24 hostages and killed five of the six terrorists. One other hostage died in the shooting.

The drama was filmed by TV teams that erected cameras at the beginning of the siege.

The BBC showed the Rescue Live and broke in the cover of the World Snooker Championship final and made a national star of young reporter Kate Adie.

PC Lock was the only officer on duty at the Embassy in Kensington, West London, and had a cup of tea when a young man walked up and fired a under machine gun at the door before tying the officer in the building with others rushing.

In tense negotiations over the next five days, the terrorist autonomy claimed a southern region of Iran, the release of 91 prisoners and secure gait from the building.

PC Lock, who has managed to hold a handgun to his torso, is a hero for raising the alarm, acted as an intermediate-between during negotiations and trying to calm the fear of his fellow hostels.

He was later awarded the George Medal for his bravery, although he avoided the spotlight and rarely interviewed.

He told The Independent in 2010: ‘The other hostages have a reunion. I don’t enjoy the stuff. I don’t enjoy glorifying it.

“The grandchildren came home earlier and said that they had learned from my history.”