The story of a tragic police officer who took his own life after he was blinded by gunman Raoul Moat has resurfaced after a controversial ITV drama about the killer aired this week.
The Hunt for Raoul Moat is a three-part drama series with Inspector George Gently star Lee Ingleby and former Vera actress Sonya Cassidy taking on the lead roles for the dramatised retelling of the events that shocked the country almost 13 years ago.
Moat had only been out of prison for less than 48 hours when he headed to Birtley in the summer of 2010 to shoot and kill ex Samantha Stobbart's new boyfriend Christopher Brown. He also shot and injured his former partner before fleeing the scene.
