Ex-glasgow police chief dies aged 72

Former Strathclyde Police chief constable Sir John Orr has died.

His death at the age of 72 was revealed in a statement from Kilmarnock Football Club where Sir John was an honorary president and a former chairman.

Sir John was at the helm of what was then Scotland’s largest police force from 1996 until 2001. He was knighted by the Queen in 2001 for services to policing, following a career which included heading the Lockerbie bombing investigation.