Mastermind behind PC Sharon Beshenivsky killing GUILTY of murder – 19 years after horror
THE mastermind behind the killing of PC Sharon Beshenivsky has been jailed - 19 years after she was shot at almost point-blank range.Her colleague PC Teresa Milburn, who was 37 at the time, was left seriously injured after a gunman opened fire "indiscriminately" as he fled the scene.who planned the robbery, has today been jailed for life with a minimum of 40 years after being convicted of murder.
She later discovered the car was to take her dad away but was "too young and innocent" to understand at the time.she "screamed her head off" after being told that her mum had died, but has no memory of it. She added: "There will always be a void in my life - a void that should have been filled with my mum's presence but as a result of violent, callous actions by you, Piran Ditta Khan, and your associates that day, you robbed me of a future and precious time with my mum.
The raiders were "disposed to use their firearms to kill or to seriously injure anyone who stood in their way… something of which the defendant would have been well aware". The officer's injury was immediately fatal, while PC Milburn was left coughing up blood as she radioed for help after also being shot.
- November 18, 7am: Pc Beshenivsky, 38, and Pc Teresa Milburn, 37, begin their day from Bradford Central police station. - November 20: Paul Beshenivsky, Pc Beshenivsky's widower, arrives at the scene of the shooting to lay flowers.- November 25: Police name three men they want in connection with the murder and issue photos of Muzzaker Shah, and brothers Mustaf and Yusuf Jama.- December 12: Muzzaker Shah is arrested in Newport, Gwent.
- December 20: Newspapers report that Mustaf Jama fled Britain, passing through Heathrow Airport disguised as his sister wearing a veil.
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