As ITV prepare to debut the three part true crime drama to millions of viewers, the cast for The Hunt for Raoul Moat has now been confirmed.
It's been 13 years since, right after his release from prison, former Newcastle doorman Moat headed to Birtley and shot ex Samantha Stobbart, leaving her in hospital and killed her new boyfriend Christopher Brown. As he journeyed to the outskirts of Newcastle, Moat then fired a gun at on duty police officer PC David Rathband, blinding him as he sat in a stationary patrol car.
With the help of accomplices, Moat headed up to Northumberland was a wide scale police search was launched to find him. The week long man hunt concluded with a fraught stand-off between Moat and police, which came to an end when the killer turned his gun on himself, dying from his injuries.
