Former Metropolitan Police commissioner Ian Blair dies

Former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lord Blair died at the age of 72.

Between 2005 and 2008, when the bombings took place, he led England’s greatest power.

Oxford, Christ Church College, where Ian Blair read English and later was an honorary student, confirmed his death in a social media mission.

London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan said that Lord Blair had “devoted to public service as a police officer for more than 30 years” and wished his condolences to his family.

He was born in Chester in 1953 and joined Met in 1974 as part of the graduate entry plan.

He passed the ranks, served both in uniform and detective, and pioneered major investigations, including response to the cross -fire of 1987.

In 1998, before returning to met two years later, Surrey police became the head Assembly.

In February 2005, he was appointed as a commissioner only months before a series of bombings killed 52 people in London’s transport network.

Two weeks later, firearm officers shot the Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes at the Stockwell Underground Station after fiery weapon officers made wrong for a suspect.

The force was found to be violated by health and security laws about the withdrawal.

Lord Blair was cleared of personal injustices, but he faced constant pressure on killing for the rest of his role.

After losing the support of Boris Johnson, the newly elected Mayor of London, he resigned in 2008.

In his resignation letter, the Met Commissioner said: “The leader of the metropolitan police was the most proud duty of my life to lead men and women.

He continued: “It is the duty of the commissioner to lead the met by the good times and to accept the burden and pressure of the bad office and to be a officer of the service he ordered first of all.”