The Hunt for Raoul Moat, one of the biggest manhunts in modern British history, has been turned into a three-part series 🎬
In 2010 one man sparked what was to becomeafter killing one person and wounding two others in a two-day shooting spree.
Working as a panel beater, bouncer, and tree surgeon, between February and July 2010, he had spent 18 weeks in prison for assaulting a nine-year-old relative. Just two days after being released from prison Moat went to a house in Birtley where Samantha and Brown were visiting.He was shot at close range with a sawn-off shotgun and killed.
In the early hours of July 4, Police Constable David Rathband was sitting in a police vehicle on the roundabout of the A1 and A69 roads near East Denton.An armed police officer outside Rothbury during the search A total of 160 armed officers were deployed to the area to track him down, those numbers representing around 10% of those available in England and Wales at any one time.At the same time police also revealed they believed Moat had kidnapped two men, however it later emerged they had been his accomplices.
On the evening of July 9 residents of Rothbury were advised to stay indoors after Moat was seen near the bank of the River Coquet holding a gun to his head.
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