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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Josh Halliday North of England correspondent

Man accused of Beshenivsky murder evaded arrest for 17 years, court told

Sharon Beshenivsky
PC Sharon Beshenivsky, 38, died after being shot at ‘almost point-blank range’ outside the Universal Express travel agency, a jury heard. Photograph: West Yorkshire police/PA

The mastermind of an armed robbery in which a police officer was killed and another seriously injured evaded capture for almost 20 years before being extradited from Pakistan, a court has been told.

PC Sharon Beshenivsky was murdered when she and her colleague PC Teresa Milburn responded to a report of a robbery at the Universal Express travel agency in Bradford, West Yorkshire, on 18 November 2005.

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