Robin Oake

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Who is Robin Oake?

Robin Oake QPM is the former Chief Constable of the Isle of Man Constabulary and prior to that Assistant Chief Constable in the Greater Manchester Police.

He was Chief Constable of the Isle of Man from 1986 to 1999, when he was succeeded by Mike Culverhouse.

He is the father of Detective Constable Stephen Oake, who was stabbed to death while attempting to arrest an al-Qaeda suspect. He was nominated for the George Cross, but was instead awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal. Oake wrote the book Father Forgive: The Forgotten 'F' Word following his son's murder. Robin is a strong evangelical Christian, like Stephen Oake was, and publicly forgave his son's murderer.

He is chairman of the Isle of Man Commonwealth Games Association.

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on July 23, 2013

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