Raoul Moat: Questions for Police After Claim Gunman was 'Executed'

There was renewed criticism of how the gunman evaded capture during seven days on the run in Rothbury, Northumberland, and the police’s handling of the stand-off that ended with Moat shooting himself dead.

It emerged on Sunday that Moat had been seen walking through the village in daylight a few hours before he was found and that police had overlooked a bright orange T-shirt that the fugitive had been wearing but discarded.

Moat’s brother, Angus, also claimed that the police refused his offer to act as a mediator during the stand-off and suggested that his brother may have shot himself through an “involuntary reaction” after being hit by Tasers. He likened it to “a public execution”.'

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