An image of cop killer Dale Cregan posing for the camera at a maximum security facility has emerged on social media. A decade after he murdered two Greater Manchester Police officers, Cregan, 39, donned a trendy Hugo Boss Green Label polo short at Ashworth Hospital, the Mirror reports.
The snap appeared on social media recently. It is understood it was posted on Instagram. The picture has been slammed by Bryn Hughes, whose PC daughter Nicola was shot by Cregan in 2012.
Former prison officer Bryn, who runs a charity in his daughter's name, said: "I wish I could pose for pictures with my Nicola. That privilege was cruelly taken away from us in September 2012 in a cowardly act.
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"All we have is to look at is old images and wonder what she would be doing, how much she has changed and how she should be enjoying her life."
Cregan got life in 2013 after admitting four murders - including those of Nicola, 23; her colleague PC Fiona Bone, 32; and father and son gangland rivals David, 46, and Mark Short, 23.
He is back in Ashworth secure hospital following stints in mainstream prisons. The NHS-run centre in Merseyside has a more relaxed regime than high-security prisons.
Patients are permitted to hug and kiss visiting relatives, hold their hands and pose for picture. Visitors can bring in clothes for patients - who are housed in single rooms with showers - to wear.
Earlier this week, the Manchester Evening News reported that a police investigation had been launched after pictures were taken inside a court during the sentencing of Cregan's nephew.
The images show barristers sitting in a courtroom as Oscar Cregan made an appearance by videolink at Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester, the M.E.N. understands.
Some hearings are now televised, but taking photographs or making videos in court can lead to a charge of contempt of court.
A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police confirmed a complaint had been made on January 19 and an investigation was 'active'. A spokesman for the Attorney General's Office said it was not currently involved in the matter.
Oscar Cregan, 20, who called himself 'bad man' helped set up a cocaine trafficking racket in his neighbourhood after returning to the UK following a stint in hiding in Spain with his family. He blamed his crimes on living under the shadow of his uncle.
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