Trevor Lock tackled leader of 1980 siege and saved life of SAS soldier after he was among 26 taken hostage

A police officer who received a medal for bravery for his heroics during the Iranian embassy siege in London in 1980 has died aged 85.

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.