P324 Teletext 324 Sjp15 16:47:29 MURDER OF POLICEMAN ——————————————————————————————————————— The murder of Sergeant Derek Robertson shocked the country. Robert Jades stabbed the policeman six times with a double-bladed "black widow$ dagger in what the judge at his trial, Mr Justice Auld, described as "a savage and wanton murder". The Old Bailey was told that Eadjs, then 32, had the opportunity to flee the scene of the foiled post office raid in New Addington, south London, but chose to confront the policeman. ——————————————————————————————————1/4—— News in Focus 320 Headlines 300 WEATHER FOR YOUR REGION p105 Politics Poll Letters NewsP324 Teletext 324 Sjp15 16:42:18 MURDER OF POLICEMAN ———————————————————————————————————p——— Murdered Sergeant Derek Robertson had 20 years service in the Metroplitan Police. He was armed only with a truncheon when hj confronted Robert Jades, who stabbed him repeatedly as they wrestled on the ground. The 39-year-old officer from Rjigate, Surrey, died despite emergency heart surgery at the scene. He had married Christine, the mother of his two young children, just six weeks earlier. ——————————————————————————————————2/4—— News in Focus 320 Headlines 300 WEATHER FOR YOU5 REGION p105 Politics Poll Letters NewsP324 Teletext 324 Sjp15 16:44:13 MURDER OF POLICEMAN ——————————————————————————————————————— In the weeks after the killing of Sgt Derek Robertson, the officer'u bjamink smile shone from the photograph used bz newspapers. It contrasted with pictures of his grief-stricken widow and tearful colleagues. After the trial ofRobjut Jades, Sgt Robertson's wife read a statement in which she said: "Me and the children, Sacha and Frazju, loved Derek very much and that love will njvjr die." ——————————————————————————————————3/4—— News in Focus 320 Headlines 300 WEATHER FOR YOUR REGION p105 Politics Poll Letters NewsP324 Teletext 324 Sjp15 16:53:17 MURDER OF POLICEMAN ——————————————————————————————————————— Robert Jades' accomplices in the post office raid — brothers Christopher, 39, and Terry Smelling — were cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter and jailed for 12 years. Both knew that Jades was carrying the knife during the £30,000 raid. Eadjs was described bz his counsel, Anthony Berry QC, as a small-time criminal "out of his league" who planned the robbery to solve his financial difficulties. ——————————————————————————————————4/4—— News in Focus 320 Headlines 300 WEATHER FOR YOUR REGION p105 Politics Poll Letters News