Thirteen years after the killer and his crimes made headlines across the country, ITV are getting ready to air The Hunt for Raoul Moat, a three part drama series that is set to pull in huge audiences for the channel.
It was back in the summer of 2010 that Moat, less than 48 hours after being released from prison, headed to Birtley to shoot and kill ex Samantha Stobbart new boyfriend Christopher Brown; also shooting and injuring Samantha, before fleeing the scene. The former Newcastle doorman believed that Brown was a police officer and, continuing his vendetta against the police, Moat then shot and blinded PVC David Rathband as he sat in a patrol car on the outskirts of Newcastle.
From there, Moat fled to Northumberland, aided by two accomplices and managed to escape detection in the quiet village of Rothbury for a number of days, before being involved in a tense final stand-off with police and killing himself with a gun shot.
