13/01/2009

Pc Beshenivsky Accused Admits Robbery

The man accused of murdering Pc Sharon Beshenivsky in Bradford in 2005 has admitted robbing a travel agent on the day she died.

Mustaf Jama has pleaded guilty to one count of robbery. However, he denies murder, possession of firearms and possessing prohibited weapons.

The 28-year-old will now face a trial at Newcastle Crown Court.

Before the trial started, Jama pleaded guilty to one count of robbery on 18 November 2005.

Pc Beshenivsky, a mother-of-three was killed at the scene of the robbery at the Universal Travel Agents on Morley Street, Bradford in November 2005. She died on her daughter's fourth birthday.

Her colleague Pc Teresa Millburn, then 37, was also shot and wounded during the robbery, but survived.

Five people have been convicted in connection with Pc Beshenivsky's murder.

(JM/BMcC)

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