 Saffie Roussos was eight years old when she died in the bomb attack ( PA) 'It's the ultimate insult he has been rewarded for bravery when his mistakes let Saffie down. How can that man sleep at night? He was in a key command role and he totally messed up. To go and receive an award for his actions and his bravery, that's just wrong.' Charlotte Hodgson, whose daughter Olivia, 15, died, backed calls to remove the now-retired officer's gong. She said: 'He failed but has accepted the award and been able to retire on full pension. It is disgusting.' Then an inspector, Mr Sexton was duty officer in his force's command room when Islamist Salman Abedi, 22, detonated his suicide bomb as crowds left an Ariana Grande gig at Manchester Arena. Mr Sexton was one of six key comm){kind=link}
The former Chief Inspector of Greater Manchester Police Dale Sexton ‘totally messed up’ and should hand his Queen’s Police Medal back, the dad of youngest victim, Saffie-Rose Roussos, said tonight
Grieving Manchester bomb families have called for a former senior police officer to be stripped of his royal medal.
The demand came after ex-Chief Insp Dale Sexton was criticised in a damning review of emergency service failures.
Mr Sexton was handed a Queen’s Police Medal by Prince William at Buckingham Palace for his reponse to the 2017 terror attack which killed 22.
But tonight the dad of youngest victim Saffie-Rose Roussos, eight, led calls for the 2019 honour to be taken back.