Beshenivsky killer jailed for life

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Mustaf Jama, 29, was told he would serve at least 35 years for the murder of the mother-of-three after being convicted at Newcastle Crown Court following a re-trial after a jury failed to reach a verdict at a hearing in January.

Jama was part of a gang that gunned down the popular officer and wounded her colleague, Pc Teresa Milburn, during the raid in Bradford in November 2005.

Sentencing him, judge Mr Justice Openshaw said he was one of a "team of ruthless and dangerous men".

Jama fled to his native Somalia despite being Britain's most wanted man at the time using a friend's passport.

He was finally brought back to the UK to face justice in 2007 after an undercover operation to smuggle him out of Africa.

Pc Beshenivsky, 38, who also had two stepchildren, was shot and killed on her youngest daughter's fourth birthday as she responded to an alarm call.

Her colleague Pc Milburn was also gunned down in the street as the robbers escaped with little more than £5,000.

Jama was one of three raiders who entered the premises, believing that up to £100,000 could be inside. The thugs terrified staff with a pistol and machine gun but panicked when they saw police outside.

Ringleader Muzzaker Shah and Jama's younger brother Yusuf were caught soon afterwards and both were jailed for life for murdering the officer, and must serve at least 35 years each.