Murder of Yvonne Fletcher surrounding inviolability of diplomatic premises, the Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act 1987 was introduced. Among other measures, the act allows the government to remove diplomatic status from premises which they consider to be misused. Murder of Yvonne Fletcher The murder of Yvonne Fletcher, a Metropolitan Police officer, occurred on 17 April 1984, when she was fatally wounded by a shot fired from the Libyan embassy on St James's Square, London, by an unknown gunman. Fletcher had been deployed to monitor a demonstration against the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and died shortly afterwards. Her death resulted in an eleven-day siege of
The Beautiful Annabel Lee was Chilled and Killed The Beautiful Annabel Lee was Chilled and Killed The Beautiful Annabel Lee was Chilled and Killed (臈たしアナベル・リイ 総毛立ちつ身まかりつ) is a novel by Kenzaburō Ōe, published by Shinchosha on November 20, 2007. The novel's title was inspired by the poem "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe, which was written in 1849 and was the author's last complete poem. The novel's protagonist, Sakura, is an internationally renowned actress who is performing in a movie production in Japan. As the story evolves, it emerges that she was sexually abused by her American guardian in her childhood. After a scandal about a film crew