The moment PC David Rathband was shot and blinded by Raoul Moat gave ITV's new drama about the killer one of its most harrowing scenes as it launched on Sunday night. And viewers were shocked to see the actor in the role of the late police officer.
The night after he gunned down Christopher Brown, the new boyfriend of his ex Samantha Stobbart and having waged war on Northumbria Police, Moat approached the patrol car PC Rathband was sitting in on foot, before firing at the officer and blinding him.
While he survived the incident, PC Rathband struggled to come to terms with his life changing injuries and took his own life in 2012.
