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RARE PHOTOS: Pc awarded medal for bravery in iranian embassy siege dies aged 85 | Vintage Vibes

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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