UK- Inquest hears of pledge to lure police to their deaths

9-19-2008 United Kingdom:

A SEX offender killed when his van burst into flames left a note vowing to take out as “many police as I can”.

A jury inquest heard how Terence Langrell packed the white Ford Transit with three proprane gas cannisters and petrol.

Then, on August 1 last year, the 42-year-old “baited” officers into a slow pursuit around the streets of south Liverpool.

Five officers were injured as they approached the van in Park Road, Toxteth.

Liverpool Coroner’s Court heard how Langrell was given an official caution for attempting to procure an act of gross indecency with a 14-year-old in Flint, North Wales.

A registered sex offender until December 2004 he developed a hatred of officers.

One fragment of a note found in the car read: “You lot abuse your powers and do what you want, you are wrong. I will make you pay for the last six years.

“I will kill as many police as I can.”

The BSM driving instructor lived with his parents in Leasowe.

He was reported missing on March 27, 2007, but was spotted travelling in the Shetland and Orkney Isles.

Shortly before 10pm on August 1 officers began to follow Langrell after his driving outside Smithdown Lane was described as “suspicious”.

The pursuit took police through Granby Street, Warwick Street and Ullet Road, before Langrell mounted the kerb in Park Road.

Witness Paula Wright described looking out of her dining room window and seeing the driver was covered in “blue flames”. ..News Source.. by Kevin Core