The mastermind behind the killing of a police officer has been found guilty of murder - 18 years after she was shot at almost point-blank range while responding to an armed robbery.
PC Sharon Beshenivsky, 38, was gunned down while responding to the armed robbery at a travel agents in Bradford in 2005.Today Piran Ditta Khan was convicted of murder by a majority of 10-1 after 11 jurors deliberated for almost 19 hours over four days.
Khan said he thought the men Razzaq sent would "intimidate" the staff at Universal Express, or at worst, "slap them". Prosecutor Robert Smith KC said Khan's claim of being defrauded was an "entirely false" attempt to explain why he was in Bradford at the time of the robbery and murder. Jurors heard Khan, who was living in Enfield, London, at the time, was driven to Yorkshire by Razzaq on a reconnaissance trip five days before the raid.
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