Gunman Raoul Moat kills himself after police stand off

 

FAIRSCAPE COMMENT Another notorious incident of madness and murder. Moat would never have left Fairscape in his confused and murderous state of mind. It is possible that he would not have even wanted freedom. His ex-girlfriend, Samantha Stobbart, would not have been seriously injured, her boyfriend Chris Brown would still be alive, PC David Rathband would not have been blinded, and the friends, family and community would not have been traumatised. It is time this country with its abhorrent criminal holding system admitted it is running a useless system that kills and maims its citizens. We must support the Fairscape system because there will be another Raoul Moat. Click here for the Fairscape website.

Fugitive gunman Raoul Moat has killed himself after a six-hour stand-off with armed officers, police have confirmed. A spokesman said the 37-year-old shot himself after being cornered close to a river in Rothbury, Northumberland. He was pronounced dead in hospital at 0220 BST on Saturday. It has emerged police used a Taser stun gun on Moat. Officers had been negotiating with Moat, who was spotted near the centre of Rothbury after a week-long manhunt.

Eyewitness Peter Abiston, whose house overlooks the scene of the incident, told the BBC: "From what I can see he shot himself. He lay down and shot himself.