Mourners gather in Newcastle to remember Geoffrey Richardson

By Helen Gregory
Updated March 14 2016 - 8:29pm, first published 12:53pm
More than 1000 mourners gather in Newcastle to remember Sergeant Geoffrey Richardson. Pictures: Simone De Peak

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OF all the hundreds of police officers who bathed Christ Church Cathedral in blue to farewell Sergeant Geoffrey Graham Richardson, none cut a more poignant figure than his son Patrick, wearing his father’s hat and a blue outfit reminiscent of his dad’s cherished uniform.

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