Paul Gascoigne's unexpected appearance in Rothbury as killer Raoul Moat faced off against police is documented in a revised ITV documentary about the killer, which will air on Wednesday night.
As the huge search operation for Moat took a major step forward in the evening of Friday, July 9, 2010, the fugitive gunman lay in grass on a riverbank in the Northumberland village, armed with a gun which he pointed at himself.
Officers and a police negotiator quickly took their positions closeby, as the stand-off went into the night and then things took a very bizarre turn, when, having watched live coverage of the hunt for Moat at home, football icon Gazza turned up at the police cordon and expressed his wishes to speak to the ex Newcastle doorman.
His request was promptly rejected but a radio interview given by Paul at the time is played out in Man Hunt: The Story of Raoul Moat, which has been expanded, having originally aired in 2020.
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In the interview, the former England and Spurs star revealed he had a dressing gown, jacket, chicken, bread, lager and a fishing road to give to Moat, adding: "All I wana say is 'Moaty it's Gazza, where are ya? And I guarantee he'll shout his name out 'I'm here"!
Gazza claimed there was 'no way' Moat would snub him and confirming his appearance at the scene, then Chief Supt. Neil Adamson says: "He turned up at the cordon and was wanting to speak with Moat and resolve issues," but was not allowed anywhere near him.
Speaking at a private event five years later, Gazza made a candid admission that he had been drinking and taking 'lines of cocaine,' and, through the heavy drug use became increasingly convinced that he had a close relationship with Moat and could get through to him, when, in reality, there was no friendship between the pair at all.
Nobody played Gazza in The Hunt for Raoul Moat, although he was briefly mentioned in the final episode. The drama's executive producer Jake Lushington said Gazza had no part in the story they were trying to tell, adding: "We haven't minimised the impact of Gazza turning up because it didn't have one."
The Hunt for Raoul Moat's writer, Kevin Sampson, also weighed in on the decision not have have Gazza as a character, commenting: "Paul Gascoigne was clearly not in a good place at that time. If It felt like we were sending somebody up who was struggling, we'd have to question our motives."
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