The conviction of Piran Ditta Khan for the murder of West Yorkshire Police officer PC Sharon Beshenivsky brought to an end a 19-year investigation.
On Thursday 4 April Piran Ditta Khan was found guilty of the murder of West Yorkshire Police officer Sharon Beshenivsky in 2005.
She had been a police officer for just nine months when she answered a routine call towards the end of an uneventful shift. A call which would ultimately cost her her life.PC Beshenivsky and her colleague, Teresa Milburn, had no inkling of what was to face them when they arrived at the premises in Morley Street.
The gang had no hesitation in using their weapons. PC Beshenivsky was shot at point-blank range as PC Milburn watched in horror. PC Milburn herself was also shot.But it was her colleague who "didn’t stand a chance" PC Milburn would later tell a court. They feared for their own lives after hearing gunshots and clearly seeing Sharon Beshenivsky collapse on to the pavement.
"We will track the culprits down. Every police officer in the UK will support us in finding all those responsible," he said. The sense that this was a very personal crime was reinforced as uniformed officers openly wept as PC Beshenivsky was laid to rest following a funeral at Bradford Cathedral on 6 January 2006.On 25 November 2005 police had named Somali brothers Mustaf Jama, aged 25, and Yusaf Jama, aged 19, as well as 24-year-old Pakistani Muzzaker Imtiaz Shah, as prime suspects.On 12 December Shah was arrested in Newport, South Wales. He was also charged with murder.
But he would have to wait several years before he would see the seventh – the robbery's ringleader Piran Ditta Khan – face judgement.Known as "uncle" by his accomplices, Khan had partied with the other men the night before the raid on Universal Express. They drank champagne and vodka and visited a brothel.
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