Matthew Walls Straughan

Died

28 June 1927

Age

Rank

Police Constable

Force

Durham County Constabulary

Cause

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

On Duty

Circumstances

Having served a court summons on a man, Constable Straughan returned a short while later and served a summons on the man's neighbour. As the Constable was leaving he was shot and killed by the man he first served a summons on earlier that day.

Shot and killed by a man on whom he had served a court summons earlier that day after returning a short time later and serving a summons on the man’s neighbour.