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Did Paul Gascoigne know Raoul Moat? Truth behind football icon's 'friendship' as ITV drama ends

Paul Gascoigne famously turned up at the scene of Raoul Moat's final stand-off in Rothbury, convinced he get through to the killer in what would turn out to be his final hours. However, in the years that followed the headline making man hunt, Gazza made a candid admission over what really happened that night.

Having launched to an audience of millions on Sunday night, ITV's The Hunt for Raoul Moat comes to an end on Tuesday, with its third and final episode. The true crime drama's series opener revisited the events of July 3 2010 when Moat killed ex Samantha Stobbart's new boyfriend Christopher Brown in Birtley. Having declared war on Northumbria Police and threatening to 'go after' officers, Moat then shot and blinded PC David Rathband, as he sat in a patrol car on the outskirts of the city.

Tuesday's second episode saw Moat make his way out of Newcastle, aided by two accomplices and robbing a Seaton Delaval chip shop as he headed up to the quiet village of Rothbury. The second instalment of The Hunt for Raoul Moat ended with a chilling threat from Moat that he'd start targeting members of the public, having been incensed by some of the stories he'd read about himself in tabloid newspapers.

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