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Two jailed for life for Pc murder Trio get life term for killing Pc
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Two members of the gang which killed Pc Sharon Beshenivksy have been ordered to serve at least 35 years in prison.Two members of the gang which killed Pc Sharon Beshenivksy have been ordered to serve at least 35 years in prison.
Muzzaker Imtiaz Shah, 25, of Small Heath, Birmingham and Yusuf Abdillh Jamma, 20, of London, were sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court on Friday. Muzzaker Imtiaz Shah, 25, of Small Heath, Birmingham, and Yusuf Abdillh Jamma, 20, of London, were sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court.
Faisal Razzaq, 25, of east London, was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 11 years for manslaughter.
Pc Beshenivsky was shot on 18 November 2005 at the scene of a robbery at a travel agency in Bradford city centre.Pc Beshenivsky was shot on 18 November 2005 at the scene of a robbery at a travel agency in Bradford city centre.
Brothers Faisal and Hassan Razzaq, who have been found guilty of manslaughter, will also be sentenced on Friday. All three were also found guilty of robbery and a series of firearms offences.
Shah and Jamma were described during the 11-week trial as "absolutely ruthless" key members of the gang that carried out the bungled armed robbery which led to the shootings. The judge, Mr Justice Andrew Smith, adjourned the sentencing of Faisal Razzaq's 26-year-old brother Hassan Razzaq, for Pc Beshenivsky's manslaughter, robbery and firearms offences until January to enable pre-sentence reports to be compiled.
They could have just threatened us with the guns - that would have been enough Pc Teresa Milburn Muzzaker Shah was on police bail at the time of the murder
All four men were also found guilty of robbery and a series of firearms offences. Shah and Faisal Razzaq were on police bail on suspicion of firearms offences when they killed Pc Beshenivsky, it can now be reported.
Speaking about the impact of the shootings on Pc Beshenivsky's family, prosecutor Robert Smith QC said: "To say the lives of all the members of that family were devastated beyond belief is probably an understatement." Shah and Jamma were described during the 11-week trial as "absolutely ruthless" key members of the gang that carried out the bungled armed robbery which led to the shootings of Pc Beshenivksy and her colleague Pc Teresa Milburn.
Mr Smith said Pc Milburn, 37, had since returned to work and was continuing with "courage and resolution". Pc Milburn was in court on Friday to see her friend's killers being sentenced.
She sobbed as prosecutor Robert Smith QC read out a statement on her behalf.
Mr Smith said Pc Milburn, 37, had returned to work and was continuing with "courage and resolution".
"She will never understand why they had to shoot them," he said."She will never understand why they had to shoot them," he said.
"She said, 'They could have just threatened us with the guns, that would have been enough.' "She said: 'They could have just threatened us with the guns, that would have been enough.'
"There is a complete inability on her part to understand why they were shot in those circumstances.""There is a complete inability on her part to understand why they were shot in those circumstances."
If I ever get a chance many years down the line I will go to her tombstone and say what I feel Muzzaker Shah
Speaking about the impact of the shootings on Pc Beshenivsky's family, Mr Smith said: "To say the lives of all the members of that family were devastated beyond belief is probably an understatement."
Diana Ellis QC, for Shah, said the 25-year-old told his solicitor he was sorry just days after he was arrested and said he wanted to visit Pc Beshenivsky's grave.
Miss Ellis said Shah, who is married with a 14-month-old son, did not know anyone would ever hear his words in court.
She said that on 14 December last year, he said: "I'm sorry. Sorry for the two police officers. I've got a mum and sisters, they have children, I know what they have lost.
"If I ever get a chance many years down the line I will go to her tombstone and say what I feel.
"They are little kids, her husband, they will never be able to forgive us. I wish it had been my life, and not her life. I wish she had not been there."
Jamma admitted firing the fatal shot but said it was an accident
Miss Ellis told the court Shah's personality and behaviour changed significantly after he was the victim of a "very serious assault" by two youths in 1998.
Shah, who came from a good family background and was one of six brothers, suffered three compound fractures to his skull in the attack.
Miss Ellis said he went from an 18-year-old man with eight GCSEs who was happy and working towards higher qualifications, to a man whose father contacted police because he grew so concerned about Shah's change in behaviour.
A psychologist's report found there was no doubt the 1998 attack was to blame.
Shah has previous convictions for robbery and for having a loaded handgun in a public place, for which he was detained for six months in a mental hospital.
Jamma's counsel, Peter Griffiths QC, said his client was not an "unfeeling individual" and had expressed his "profound remorse and sorrow".