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26/10/2006
Bullet missed PC’s body armour
Newcastle Crown Court has heard that the fatal shot which killed PC Sharon Beshenivsky missed her body armour.
As the policewoman ducked, the bullet missed her armour striking her in the chest from above and the left as she moved to avoid her attacker.
A ballistics expert also gave evidence that a second shot from the same gun had struck and wounded PC Teresa Milburn. A third shot had hit a nearby library building.
One of the five men accused of murdering PC Sharon Beshenivsky, 25-year-old Muzzaker Imtiaz Shah, has pleaded guilty to her murder, however he denies firing the shot that killed her.
The other four defendants, Yusuf Abdillh Jamma, 20, Raza Ul-Haq Aslam, 25, Faisal Razzaq, 25 and his 26-year-old brother Hassan Razzaq, deny murder.
PC Beshenivsky, 38, was shot dead as she responded to a robbery at a travel agents in Bradford on November 18, 2005.
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As the policewoman ducked, the bullet missed her armour striking her in the chest from above and the left as she moved to avoid her attacker.
A ballistics expert also gave evidence that a second shot from the same gun had struck and wounded PC Teresa Milburn. A third shot had hit a nearby library building.
One of the five men accused of murdering PC Sharon Beshenivsky, 25-year-old Muzzaker Imtiaz Shah, has pleaded guilty to her murder, however he denies firing the shot that killed her.
The other four defendants, Yusuf Abdillh Jamma, 20, Raza Ul-Haq Aslam, 25, Faisal Razzaq, 25 and his 26-year-old brother Hassan Razzaq, deny murder.
PC Beshenivsky, 38, was shot dead as she responded to a robbery at a travel agents in Bradford on November 18, 2005.
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Man pleads guilty to murder of Pc Beshenivsky
One of the five men accused of murdering Pc Sharon Beshenivsky, 25-year-old Muzzaker Imtiaz Shah, has pleaded guilty. The other four defendants, Yusuf Abdillh Jamma, 20, Raza Ul-Haq Aslam, 25, Faisal Razzaq, 25 and his 26-year-old brother Hassan Razzaq, deny murder.
Man pleads guilty to murder of Pc Beshenivsky
One of the five men accused of murdering Pc Sharon Beshenivsky, 25-year-old Muzzaker Imtiaz Shah, has pleaded guilty. The other four defendants, Yusuf Abdillh Jamma, 20, Raza Ul-Haq Aslam, 25, Faisal Razzaq, 25 and his 26-year-old brother Hassan Razzaq, deny murder.
29 November 2005
Reward offered to catch PC killers
Crimestoppers has offered a £50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killers of PC Sharon Beshenivsky. PC Beshenivsky, a 38-year-old mother-of-three with two stepchildren, was shot dead by armed robbers as she went to answer a call at a travel agency in Bradford on November 18.
Reward offered to catch PC killers
Crimestoppers has offered a £50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killers of PC Sharon Beshenivsky. PC Beshenivsky, a 38-year-old mother-of-three with two stepchildren, was shot dead by armed robbers as she went to answer a call at a travel agency in Bradford on November 18.
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Ian Tomlinson Unlawfully Killed, Finds Jury
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Death toll on British roads rises by 2% in 2003
The number of deaths on Britain's roads rose by 2% between 2002 and 2003, according to the latest figures released from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) today. Statistics found that road deaths were up from 3,431 in 2002 to 3,508 in 2003. However, the total number of people killed or seriously injured fell by 6% to 37,215 people.
Death toll on British roads rises by 2% in 2003
The number of deaths on Britain's roads rose by 2% between 2002 and 2003, according to the latest figures released from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) today. Statistics found that road deaths were up from 3,431 in 2002 to 3,508 in 2003. However, the total number of people killed or seriously injured fell by 6% to 37,215 people.
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PC 'may have been killed with own knife'
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PC 'may have been killed with own knife'
Special Constable Nisha Patel-Nasri may have murdered with her own kitchen knife, police have revealed. The 29-year-old bled to death after being stabbed in the leg outside her home in Sudbury Avenue, Wembley, north London, last Thursday night.
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