Post by Hickman on Nov 22, 2005 5:14:03 GMT -5
[shadow=red,left,300]Bradford WPC killers: Asylum seekers held [/shadow]
By ALASTAIR TAYLOR
FOUR of the suspects seized over the gun slaughter of WPC Sharon Beshenivsky are asylum seekers.
Last night murder cops were urgently checking the Somalis’ status with immigration officials.
The Sun can also reveal Sharon’s killers are thought to have got away with less than £2,000 after gunning her down with fellow probationer cop Teresa Milburn, 37, in a Bradford robbery.
The Somalis came to Britain in the 1990s.
Hero ... PC Broadhurst
POLICE Federation chief Jan Berry yesterday called for the number of armed cops to be doubled to one in ten.
She said: “Our members have indicated the number is insufficient to deal with the threat they face.”
The federation urged an increase in 2003 — after the killing of West Yorks officer PC Ian Broadhurst.
The men were allowed to stay after claiming they faced persecution in their homeland. But detectives want to know if the permission was permanent or temporary.
The four were arrested with an Asian man and a white woman in a series of dramatic swoops in South London on Saturday.
The three raids — two in the Plumstead area — came the day after mum-of-five Sharon, 38, was shot dead and her colleague wounded.
The WPCs were investigating an alarm set off at a travel agency.
Police are trying to pinpoint who was in possession of a silver 4x4 vehicle seen near the bloodbath.
They believe the killers may have connections with a 20-strong gang involved in drugs and organised crime. The mob is thought to be behind a series of raids in the London area.
The six suspects were being held at separate police stations across West Yorkshire. Five are in their 20s and the sixth is 30-plus.
Detectives were last night given more time to question them.
Sharon’s divisional commander said yesterday her murder had “traumatised” officers.
Chief Supt Sarah Brown signed a book of condolence at Bradford’s City Hall. She said: “It brings home to all officers how dangerous their job really is.
“This is your worst nightmare as a police officer.”
Ms Brown hit back at criticism that two unarmed rookies had been sent to confront a gun gang.
She insisted: “This was a routine call which officers are going to day in and day out.
“If there was any suggestion this was a robbery involving firearms, we would have dealt with it very differently.”
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www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005540261,00.html
By ALASTAIR TAYLOR
FOUR of the suspects seized over the gun slaughter of WPC Sharon Beshenivsky are asylum seekers.
Last night murder cops were urgently checking the Somalis’ status with immigration officials.
The Sun can also reveal Sharon’s killers are thought to have got away with less than £2,000 after gunning her down with fellow probationer cop Teresa Milburn, 37, in a Bradford robbery.
The Somalis came to Britain in the 1990s.
Hero ... PC Broadhurst
POLICE Federation chief Jan Berry yesterday called for the number of armed cops to be doubled to one in ten.
She said: “Our members have indicated the number is insufficient to deal with the threat they face.”
The federation urged an increase in 2003 — after the killing of West Yorks officer PC Ian Broadhurst.
The men were allowed to stay after claiming they faced persecution in their homeland. But detectives want to know if the permission was permanent or temporary.
The four were arrested with an Asian man and a white woman in a series of dramatic swoops in South London on Saturday.
The three raids — two in the Plumstead area — came the day after mum-of-five Sharon, 38, was shot dead and her colleague wounded.
The WPCs were investigating an alarm set off at a travel agency.
Police are trying to pinpoint who was in possession of a silver 4x4 vehicle seen near the bloodbath.
They believe the killers may have connections with a 20-strong gang involved in drugs and organised crime. The mob is thought to be behind a series of raids in the London area.
The six suspects were being held at separate police stations across West Yorkshire. Five are in their 20s and the sixth is 30-plus.
Detectives were last night given more time to question them.
Sharon’s divisional commander said yesterday her murder had “traumatised” officers.
Chief Supt Sarah Brown signed a book of condolence at Bradford’s City Hall. She said: “It brings home to all officers how dangerous their job really is.
“This is your worst nightmare as a police officer.”
Ms Brown hit back at criticism that two unarmed rookies had been sent to confront a gun gang.
She insisted: “This was a routine call which officers are going to day in and day out.
“If there was any suggestion this was a robbery involving firearms, we would have dealt with it very differently.”
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www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005540261,00.html