George Oldfield (shugaban 'yan sanda)

**Godfrey Alexander Oldfield** (10 ga Oktoba 1923  - 4 ga Yuli 1985),  wanda aka fi sani da **George Oldfield**, ɗan sandan Burtaniya ne wanda ya gama aikinsa a matsayin Mataimakin Babban Jami'in 'Yan Sanda tare da 'Yan Sandan Yammacin Yorkshire . An san shi da jagorantar bincike ta hanyar karfi a cikin manyan laifuka, gami da Fashewar bam na M62 da jerin kisan kai na 'Yorkshire Ripper'; binciken na ƙarshe ya sanya babban damuwa ga lafiyarsa. A cikin 'yan shekarun nan sunan Oldfield ya zo karkashin bincike, musamman game da manyan shari'o'insa guda biyu, kuma ya haifar da zarge-zargen cin hanci da rashawa da rashin iyawa.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Oldfield kuma ta girma a cikin aikin gona na Monk Fryston, wani karamin ƙauye a West Riding na York 'yan mil daga Castleford. 'Yan uwansa sun hada da tagwaye. Ya halarci Makarantar Archbishop Holgate a York. A lokacin da yake can ya zama sananne da sunan George, saboda bai son sunan haihuwa na 'Godfrey' ba. A duk rayuwarsa danginsa sun kira shi 'Goff'. A shekara ta 1954 Oldfield ta auri Margaret Curtis; suna da 'ya'ya hudu, daya daga cikinsu ya mutu daga cutar sankarar jini.

Oldfield ya shiga 'Yan sanda na Yamma a shekarar 1947, ya kware a Sashen Binciken Laifuka (CID), inda ya tashi a cikin matsayi. An ce Oldfield yana da halin kirki da ba shi da kyau.

## Shahararrun laifuka

### Fashewar bam na M62
A watan Fabrairun shekara ta 1974, Oldfield, wanda a lokacin shi ne Babban Jami'in Sufeto kuma shugaban West Yorkshire CID, ya dauki umurnin binciken kan bam din Sojojin Jamhuriyar Irish wanda ya kashe mutane 12 da ke tafiya a cikin motar da ke dauke da mambobin rundunar sojan Burtaniya da iyalansu a kan babbar Hanyar M62 a ranar 4 ga Fabrairu. Nan da nan ya tuntubi Garda Síochána kuma ya ba da umarnin gwaje-gwaje a kan tarkace a kan babbar hanyar. A ranar 19 ga watan Fabrairu binciken ya zargi Judith Ward da fashewar bam bayan da ta furta kuma gwaje-gwaje na Griess a hannunta sun nuna hulɗa da fashewa. Kodayake daga baya ta janye ikirarin ta, an yanke wa Ward hukunci kan fashewar bam a ranar 4 ga Nuwamba 1974 kuma an yanke masa hukuncin shekaru 30 a kurkuku.

Nasarar samun hukunci da hukunci mai tsanani ga Ward ya ba da babbar ci gaba ga sunan Oldfield,  kuma a ranar 27 ga Mayu 1976 an inganta shi ya zama Mataimakin Babban Jami'in Laifi a 'Yan Sanda na Yammacin Yorkshire. 

Koyaya binciken M62 zai tabbatar da cewa an yi saurin gudu, ba tare da kulawa ba kuma a ƙarshe an ƙirƙira shi, amma ya ƙare a cikin Ward yana da'awar laifin fashewar bam na M62 da fashewar fashewa guda biyu. 

Da farko, mambobi biyu na Ofishin 'yan sanda na Metropolitan a Kwalejin Horar da' yan sanda ta Wakefield sun tambayi Ward. Ƙarshen Sufeto Sufeto da Detective Constable biyo bayan na farko daga cikin tambayoyin su uku tare da Ward a ranar 16 ga Fabrairu shine cewa tana da "ƙananan ilimi" game da gina na'urorin fashewa kuma, kodayake an lura da bambance-bambance tsakanin maganganun baki daban-daban da Ward ya yi da maganganun da suka gabata da wasu suka bayar ga Mai bincike, da karfe 7:45 na yamma, Ward ta ba da ikirarin da'awar laifin fashewar M62. Da farko za a tuhume ta da makirci don haifar da fashewa a kan babbar hanyar M62 a ranar 18 ga Fabrairu.&nbsp;

A ranar 25 ga Fabrairu, masu binciken West Yorkshire sun tabbatar da cewa aikin Ward tare da wasan motsa jiki ya kai ta garin Chipping Norton a cikin Cotswold Hills a ranar 3 ga Fabraira. Fiye da shaidu masu zaman kansu goma sha biyu sun iya tabbatar da wannan gaskiyar, don haka ma'ana Ward ba za ta iya sanya bam din a kan kocin ba kamar yadda ta yi ikirarin a baya. Kashegari, a gaban Oldfield, Ward ya rubuta ikirarin cewa yana da alhakin jigilar fashewar da aka yi amfani da ita a cikin Fashewar bam a Euston a watan Satumbar 1973. 

A watan da ya biyo baya, an nuna wa Ward kwafin bayanin da ta bayar a ranar 16 ga Fabrairu. Ta yi musanta sassan sanarwa, tana mai jaddada da'awar da ta yi da yawa da masu bincike suka ƙirƙira su, kodayake ta yarda cewa ta yi wasu da'awar ƙarya game da jigilar abin da ta yi imanin cewa fashewa ne a cikin martani kai tsaye ga matsin lamba daga mai kula da Moffatt.

A ranar 11 da 18 ga Yuni, bayan an tuhumi Ward da aikata laifuka daban-daban ciki har da fashewar bam na M62 kuma ba tare da sanin lauya ba, Oldfield ta sake tambayar Ward. An cire bayanan waɗannan tambayoyin daga fayilolin 'yan sanda kuma an canja su zuwa Ofishin' yan sanda na Metropolitan saboda dalilai na tsaro. A farkon watan da ya biyo baya, Ward ta yi ƙoƙari ta kashe kanta ta hanyar yanke wuyan hannu jim kadan bayan an gano ta da matsanancin damuwa kuma a ranar 24 ga watan Agusta, wani jami'in da ke kula da dare ya lura da ita tana ƙoƙarin raunata wuyan hannu ta hanyar shafa su a kan madaurin gadonta.

Shekaru da yawa bayan mutuwar Oldfield, an soke hukuncin Ward yayin da aka lalata gwajin shari'a kuma an gano ikirarin ta samfurin rashin lafiya ne. A lokacin da aka soke hukuncin, Kotun daukaka kara ta soki Oldfield sosai saboda rashin bayyana jerin tambayoyin da Ward ya yi da tawagar kare ta.

### Binciken Yorkshire Ripper
A matsayinsa na Mataimakin Babban Jami'in 'Yan Sanda, Oldfield ya jagoranci binciken' yan sanda lokacin da, tun daga 1975, aka sami mata da yawa da aka kashe ko suka ji mummunan rauni a Leeds da Bradford. Lokacin da aka haɗa sabbin hare-hare da wannan binciken, Oldfield ya tabbatar da cewa 'yan sanda sun yi imanin cewa mutum ɗaya ne ke aikata su. Daga gaskiyar cewa mai kisan kai ya kai hari kuma ya nakasa mata, wasu daga cikinsu suna da alaƙa da karuwanci, an yi amfani da laƙabi "Yorkshire Ripper" ga wannan mutumin. Oldfield ya ba da kansa ga binciken waɗannan laifuka, yana aiki na dogon lokaci kuma yana da ɗan hutu.

A watan Yunin 1979, a wani taron manema labarai, Oldfield ya yada rikodin tef da wasiƙu da 'yan sanda suka karɓa inda Wearside Jack, mai yaudara, ya yi wa Oldfield ba'a da kansa saboda rashin iya kama shi kuma ya yi iƙirarin cewa shi ne mai kisan kai. Oldfield ya gamsu da cewa ainihin mai kisan kai ya kasance cikin hulɗa kuma ya shafe lokaci mai yawa a Arewa maso Gabas a kusa da Sunderland, yayin da aka ƙaddara cewa harshen mutumin da ke kan tef ɗin ya fito ne daga yankin Castletown a garin.￼

A ranar 6 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 1979  Oldfield ya yi rashin lafiya tare da abin da aka bayyana a matsayin kamuwa da kirji.  Ya bar aiki fiye da watanni huɗu. Lokacin da ya dawo an yarda cewa yana da ciwon zuciya kuma bai koma binciken Ripper ba.

Kamawar Peter Sutcliffe da 'Yan sanda na Kudancin Yorkshire suka yi a Sheffield a watan Janairun 1981 ya haifar da gano cewa shi ne Yorkshire Ripper. Sutcliffe ya fito ne daga Yammacin Yorkshire kuma ba shi da alaƙa da Sunderland. Saboda haka, ya zama bayyananne cewa wasiƙu da tef ɗin sun kasance abin jan hankali daga farautar mai kisan kai. Oldfield bai halarci shari'ar Sutcliffe a Old Bailey a London ba; har yanzu ya yi imani, kodayake Sutcliffe bai rubuta wasiƙun ba ko karanta saƙon da aka ɗauka, cewa akwai kyakkyawar alaƙa tsakanin su da binciken kisan kai.[1]￼

A ranar 5 ga Yuni 1981,  an sauya Oldfield daga CID don ɗaukar nauyin tallafin aiki. 'Yan sanda na Yammacin Yorkshire sun nace cewa ba a kore shi ba ko kuma a sauke shi amma ya koma ayyukan da ba su da nauyi saboda lafiyarsa. A watan Fabrairun 1982, an tura shi ya zama Mataimakin Babban Jami'in da ke kula da Yammacin Yamma, wanda ke zaune a Bradford . 

## Yin ritaya da mutuwa
A shekara ta 1983, Oldfield ya kamu da ciwon zuciya na biyu kuma ya daina aiki na watanni da yawa. A wannan lokacin, Cif Constable Ronald Gregory ya yaba wa jami'ansa waɗanda suka yi aiki tuƙuru kuma lafiyarsu ta sha wahala a ƙarƙashin matsin lamba, gami da sukar kafofin watsa labarai. An fassara wannan magana kamar yadda take magana da Oldfield. An sanar da shi a watan Yulin 1983 cewa Oldfield zai yi ritaya a ƙarshen watan Agusta saboda rashin lafiya.

Oldfield ya mutu a ranar 4 ga Yulin 1985, yana da shekaru 61, a Asibitin Pinderfields da ke Wakefield, na gazawar zuciya.

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