'I wanted him before the court' - ten years on from leading one of the biggest manhunts in British history
Ten years on from one of the biggest police manhunts in modern British history, the Chief Constable who led the search for Raoul Moat says her greatest regret is not catching him alive so he could face justice in court.
Northumbria Police Chief Constable Sue Sim spoke to ITV Tyne Tees, a decade after Moat began a deadly rampage across the North East.
Looking back, Chief Constable Sim expressed the regrets she still carries to this day to our correspondent Gregg Easteal.
It was a story that gripped the nation. Newly released from jail, 37-year-old Moat went after his former girlfriend Samatha Stobbart and her new boyfriend Chris Brown, 29.
The former bouncer shot them both, killing Mr Brown, who he wrongly thought was a policeman.
Moat later claimed he had heard them laughing about him as he listened through an open window at Samantha's neighbours' house in Birtley, Gateshead.
Police held a news conference and were on alert to find Moat when he picked out unarmed PC David Rathband on a roundabout by the A1 in Newcastle and shot him twice.
The officer survived but lost his sight.
In 2010, PC Rathband won a Pride of Britain award after setting up a charity, the Blue Lamp Foundation, to help other members of the emergency services injured in the line of duty.
Two years later, his body was found at his home in Blyth, Northumberland, after committing suicide.
Northumbria Police Chief Constable Sue Sim led a major operation to find the country's most wanted man. Moat had declared "war on police" in a 999 call moments before he shot PC Rathband. The search was one of the biggest of its kind in Britain's recent history.
Across the North East, there were raids and suspected sightings in the following days until armed officers swooped on the quiet town of Rothbury in Northumberland.
Northumbria Police called in for support from six other forces and received assistance from survival expert Ray Mears as well as an RAF Tornado jet with an infra-red camera to help the search.
In the early evening of July 9, amid a flurry of activity, locals became aware a major operation was underway. Moat had been surrounded by armed police close to the River Coquet and was holding a shotgun to his head.
Police negotiators tried to get him to surrender, but Moat was adamant he would not go back to jail.
In the early hours of July 10, in teeming rain, he shot himself in the head.
Armed police had fired Tasers to try to stop Moat from taking his own life, but the attempt failed.
Britian's biggest manhunt for a generation had ended with Moat's death, but the events of those days shattered many other lives.
Not least for the families of Chris Brown and the late PC David Rathband.
ITV's new documentary tells the inside story of how one of Britain's most notorious killers evaded police after going on the run before being tracked down in a dramatic stand-off following a week-long manhunt.
In this new programme ten years on, using interviews with police, victims' relatives and witnesses, Nicky Campbell tells the story of how the Newcastle-based criminal was tracked down - all in the glare of 24-hour rolling news.
Manhunt: The Raoul Moat Story airs on Thursday 9 July 2020 at 9pm on ITV.