Cop death ‘avoidable’

THE widow of PC Keith Palmer last night said her husband had been “left to die” during the Westminster terror attack after an inquest found his murder could have been prevented.

Michelle Palmer criticised police chiefs for leaving her unarmed husband to guard one of the world’s “top terrorist targets” without firearms officers beside him.

Coroner Mark Lucraft QC yesterday ruled that PC Palmer could still be alive if police marksmen had been at the front gates at the time of the atrocity. Instead, they were 70m away.