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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Nadeem Badshah

PC awarded medal for bravery in Iranian embassy siege dies aged 85

Trevor Lock in uniform between David McNee and Doreen Lock, all smiling
Trevor Lock (centre) at the end of the Iranian embassy siege on 6 May 1980, with the then Met commissioner David McNee and PC Lock’s wife, Doreen. Photograph: PA Images/Alamy

A police officer who received a medal for bravery for his heroics during the Iranian embassy siege in London in 1980 has died aged 85.

Trevor Lock and 24 of the hostages were freed after a six-day standoff between members of a dissident Iranian group and the SAS at the building in Kensington.

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