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A man has been found guilty of the murder of a policewoman during a bungled robbery in Bradford. A man has been jailed for life for the murder of a policewoman who was shot dead during a bungled robbery.
Pc Sharon Beshenvisky, 38, was shot dead outside a travel agency in Morley Street in November 2005. Pc Sharon Beshenvisky, 38, was killed outside a travel agency in Morley Street, Bradford, in November 2005.
Mustaf Jama, 29, has been convicted of her murder after a trial at Newcastle Crown Court. He had previously admitted a charge of robbery. Mustaf Jama, 29, who denied murder, was convicted after a retrial at Newcastle Crown Court. A judge told him he would spend at least 35 years in prison.
The officer, who had three children and two stepchildren, was responding to an alarm call when she was killed. Pc Beshenivsky, who had three children and two stepchildren, was responding to an alarm call when she was murdered.
She had been a serving constable for nine months when she died.
Fled abroad
Jama was part of a gang that shot the popular officer and wounded her colleague, Pc Teresa Milburn, during the robbery.
Using a friend's passport, he fled to his native Somalia following the murder but was brought back to the UK in 2007 after being smuggled out of Africa in an undercover operation.
Jama was convicted on Wednesday following a retrial after a jury failed to reach a verdict at a trial in January.
Five other men have already been convicted in connection with Pc Beshenivsky's death.
They include Jama's younger brother Yusuf and gang boss Muzzaker Shah.