LIVERPUDLIAN John Yates took over as Britain?s most senior anti-terror officer yesterday.
His promotion came as Bob Quick, the former Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner and head of specialist operations, resigned over a security blunder.
?Yates of the Yard? as he is affectionately known, was born in 1959 to a family of doctors in the city. He went to the elite public school Marlborough College and read history at King?s College London.
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He joined the Met in 1981 and has been senior investigating officer in more than 20 murder enquiries.
A keen Liverpool FC fan, he is married with two children and enjoys long distance cycling and cricket.
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