Murder of Jonathan Henry
2007 murder case in the United Kingdom
PC Jonathan Charles Henry (1 January 1971 – 11 June 2007) was a British police officer who was murdered in Luton, Bedfordshire, whilst on duty and responding to reports of a stabbing in the town centre.
Background
Henry had served in the Bedfordshire Police force for three years prior to his death, and worked previously as a floor fitter in the Luton area. He married Mary in 2005 and had an infant daughter, Maggie.
Murder
At around 7:18 am on 11 June 2007, having begun his shift at 7 am, Henry responded to 999 calls reporting a stabbing on George Street in Luton town centre. A window cleaner, Stephen Chamberlain, had been stabbed in a random attack. Henry approached the suspect from behind to attempt to arrest him but was stabbed in the chest with a 4+1⁄2-inch (11 cm) knife; he was stabbed a second time as he lay on the ground wounded.
Another window cleaner, David Knight who was also stabbed in the arm, struck the suspect over the head with a window cleaning pole. Police back-up officers then used a baton round and two shots from a Taser to subdue the suspect.
Henry was taken to Luton and Dunstable Hospital by ambulance but died of his injuries later that day.
Conviction
Ikechukwu Tennyson Obih, a 29-year-old Nigerian immigrant, was convicted of Henry's murder on 26 March 2009 and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum tariff of 25 years by Mr Justice Bean.
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