Signed photographs and wanted posters of a man who killed three police officers - including one from south Devon - are now being sold online for £100.
Harry Roberts, 79, was was jailed for life and spent 48 yeas in prison for the Massacre of Braybrook Street, where three police officers were shot after they approached a car in Shepherds Bush.
Among them was DS Christopher Head, who was born and grew up in south Devon before joining the Metropolitan Police.
Harry Roberts has been released from prison and now signed memorabilia is being sold on website gangsterstuff.com for £100.
Gillian Wombwell, 69, widow of Detective Constable David Wombwell, told the Sunday People: "It's a complete disregard for the hurt and damage he has caused."
Roberts was one of three who killed DC Wombwell, 25, Detective Sergeant Christopher Head, 30, and Constable Geoffrey Fox, 41.
He was released in 2014.
Alongside the items for sale, the website reads: "This black & white 10 x 8 photo of Harry 'The Cop Killer' Roberts is VERY rare due to the fact he only signed a handful of photos because of restrictions placed upon him by the parole board."
Roberts could be recalled to prison in the interests of public safety.
Harry Fletcher, former head of the Probation Service, told the People: "It is strictly forbidden for a lifer or someone who is on licence to make financial gain which is directly linked or related to their crime."
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: "We are urgently investigating these images and will take the appropriate action if any wrongdoing is discovered."
Darren Lovell, who runs the website, said: "I obtained one signed photo from Harry Roberts from a mutual friend who arranged for a handful of copies to be signed and given out to myself and a few other true crime collectors for our personal collections - they were given out as gifts to a chosen few and Harry did not in anyway benefit financially.
"As I understand it, Harry Roberts was not keen to do this but agreed when it was decided that some of us would make a donation to a charity fund that I was promoting at the time in aid of The Make A Wish Foundation which went on to raise nearly £2,000."
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