The executive producer of ITV's new Rasoul Moat drama, is 'defiant' against any criticism levelled at the decision to make the show, saying he and his crew aimed to tell the story 'as respectfully and carefully' as they could, while highlighting 'true facts' of the investigation.
The Hunt for Raoul Moat will arrive on screen on Sunday, April 16; nearly 13 years after killer Moat shot dead former girlfriend Samantha Stobbart new boyfriend Christopher Brown and left his ex in hospital, as she was shot as well.
Moat also blinded PC David Rathband, who took his own life a few years later, before fleeing Newcastle for Northumberland, where we evaded being found for days, before shooting himself to bring to end a tense stand-off with police in Rothbury.
