1 week ago - At approximately 11:30 on Wednesday 30 April the six heavily armed members of DRFLA stormed the Iranian Embassy building on Prince's Gate, South Kensington. The gunmen quickly overpowered PC Trevor Lock of the Metropolitan Police's Diplomatic Protection Group (DPG).

April 1, 2025 - Trevor Lock, the policeman who was taken hostage in a siege on the Iranian embassy in London in 1980, has died aged 85, his daughter has confirmed. PC Lock was freed along with 24 other hostages after a six-day stand-off between members of a ...

May 1, 2025 - The dramatic ending to the Iranian embassy siege in Kensington, central London, is celebrated as a feat of SAS heroism. During the six day long ordeal, the captive PC Trevor Lock also demonstrated extraordinary levels of coolness and ingenuity.

April 1, 2025 - PC Trevor Lock, a hero of the famous Iranian embassy siege in London, has died at the age of 85.

The Metropolitan Police Federation are saddened to hear reports of the death of retired Metropolitan Police PC Trevor Lock, hero of the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege and recipient of the George Medal for his bravery.

May 1, 2010 - Today, it is hard to reconcile that Trevor Lock with the softly spoken man gazing out of the window at his well-tended garden. The deep hollows under his bright blue eyes are the only giveaway that he is something more than a contented pensioner; the only hint that he is plagued by memories of chaos, gunfire and bloodshed. PC Lock, as he was then, was, of course, one of the heroes of the Iranian embassy siege.

PFEW Acting Deputy National Chair pays tribute to the late PC Trevor Lock who was a hero in the Iranian Embassy Siege.

April 1, 2025 - Trevor Lock and 24 of the hostages were freed after a six-day standoff between members of a dissident Iranian group and the SAS at the building in Kensington. He was awarded the George Medal, which recognises outstanding bravery, after it ...

April 1, 2025 - PC Trevor Lock became the de facto leader of the 26 hostages, an intermediary between the terrorists and the authorities and went on to rugby tackle the lead gunman in a room full of gas as the SAS stormed the building.

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Trevor Lock, who has died aged 85, was the police constable taken hostage by terrorists during the siege of the Iranian Embassy in London in 1980; for his bravery he was awarded the George Medal, although many in the force felt that his six ...

May 23, 2023 - PC Trevor Lock, who was guarding the embassy when it was captured, is having his first proper wash in five days; the hostages are always escorted to the bathroom and Lock doesn't want to reveal he still has his police revolver in a holster under ...

November 21, 2025 - This was meant to be a short clip of sound effects and voices (all done by Lock) which would enable listeners to guess the title of a song. These enigmas were mocked for being misleading, confusing or overly long. Winners were invited to join the presenters in the studio the next week. Another regular item was "Challenge Trevor" in which Lock was set a list of undesirable challenges by the listeners.

April 1, 2025 - Iranian Embassy siege hero Pc Trevor Lock, who received a George Medal (PA)

April 12, 2017 - Robin Horsfall of the SAS entered the building at the rear and brought out PC Trevor Lock, who it later emerged had tackled the leader of the gunmen and saved the life of an SAS soldier.

The terrorists’ leader, Salim, suspects an assault is imminent due to a suspicious bulge in a wall caused by the planting of listening devices. But hostage PC Trevor Lock manages to calm him down.

March 26, 2020 - Chris Cramer, the BBC-TV news organiser who was released from the Iranian Embassy after a day, discussed trying to use PC Lock's gun against the five hostage-takers ... Mr Chris Cramer, the 32-year-old BBC-TV news organiser who was released from the Iranian Embassy after a day, told last night how he discussed trying to use the hostage policeman's gun against the five hostage-takers. PC Trevor Lock told him soon after the embassy was seized that he had not been properly searched and that he still had his gun in a holster under his sweater.