Robin Oake QPM

Queen's Police Medal

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 is the former Chief Constable

Chief Constable

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 of the Isle of Man Constabulary

Isle of Man Constabulary

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 and prior to that Assistant Chief Constable

Assistant Chief Constable

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 in the Greater Manchester Police

Greater Manchester Police

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He was Chief Constable

Chief Constable

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 of the Isle of Man

Isle of Man

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 from 1986 to 1999, when he was succeeded by Mike Culverhouse

Mike Culverhouse

Mike Culverhouse was Chief Constable of the Isle of Man Constabulary from 1999 until his retirement on 31 December 2007. He took over as Chief Constable following the retirement of Robin Oake QPM and was the first ever Chief Constable of the Isle of Man to be appointed who did not previously hold...

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In 2006 he appeared in court to testify in support of Alan Graham Clucas who had been convicted as an accessory to the murder of an innocent young girl in Ireland after Mr Clucas was prosecuted for a vicious attack where he rendered his victim unconscious and proceeded to inflict various injuries on him. Thanks largely to the participation of Mr Oake, Clucas escaped jail. His victim warned it was only a matter of time before Clucas re-offended.

He is the father of Detective Constable Stephen Oake

Murder of Stephen Oake

DC Stephen Robin Oake, QGM, was a police officer serving as an anti-terrorism detective with Greater Manchester Police in England who was murdered while attempting to arrest a suspected terrorist in Manchester on 14 January 2003...

, who was stabbed to death while attempting to arrest an al-Qaeda suspect. He was nominated for the George Cross

George Cross

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, but was instead awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal

Queen's Gallantry Medal

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. Oake wrote the book Father Forgive: The Forgotten 'F' Word following his son's murder.

He is chairman of the Isle of Man Commonwealth Games Association.