The British government has not dropped the case of a British police officer who was shot dead outside the Libyan embassy in London 25 years ago, the Foreign Office insisted Sunday.
British PM Gordon Brown is said to have spoken to Libyan leader Colonel Gadhafi about the Fletcher case in July.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown raised the killing of Yvonne Fletcher with Libya's leader, Moammar Gadhafi, as recently as July, when he visited Tripoli, a Foreign Office spokesman said.
"It is vital that the investigation is allowed to resume by the Libyans. The Fletcher family deserves answers. We continue to make every effort to press the Libyan Government to allow Metropolitan Police Service to visit," said the spokesman, who declined to be named in line with government policy.
Fletcher was shot in the back outside the Libyan People's Bureau, as the diplomatic offices were officially known, during a peaceful demonstration in 1984. London's Metropolitan Police say the shots that killed her came from the embassy.
Libya refused to let British police officers into the building to investigate that April 17, 1984 shooting, leading to what Scotland Yard calls "an 11-day siege" of the embassy. It ended with the occupants of the building being flown to Libya.
British PM Gordon Brown is said to have spoken to Libyan leader Colonel Gadhafi about the Fletcher case in July.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown raised the killing of Yvonne Fletcher with Libya's leader, Moammar Gadhafi, as recently as July, when he visited Tripoli, a Foreign Office spokesman said.
"It is vital that the investigation is allowed to resume by the Libyans. The Fletcher family deserves answers. We continue to make every effort to press the Libyan Government to allow Metropolitan Police Service to visit," said the spokesman, who declined to be named in line with government policy.
Fletcher was shot in the back outside the Libyan People's Bureau, as the diplomatic offices were officially known, during a peaceful demonstration in 1984. London's Metropolitan Police say the shots that killed her came from the embassy.
Libya refused to let British police officers into the building to investigate that April 17, 1984 shooting, leading to what Scotland Yard calls "an 11-day siege" of the embassy. It ended with the occupants of the building being flown to Libya.
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