NEARCHUS: Manhunt for crime in Birtley, near Gateshead.., [ 1383 ]

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Sunday, July 4, 2010

Manhunt for crime in Birtley, near Gateshead.., [ 1383 ]

Manhunt after fatal shooting attack

The London Evening Standard.,04.07.10

A police manhunt is under way for a gunman who is believed to have shot his ex-girlfriend before killing her new lover.

The scene of a double shooting in Birtley, near Gateshead, where a
man was killed

The scene of a double shooting in Birtley, near Gateshead, where a man was killed

Northumbria Police named Raoul Thomas Moat, 37, from Newcastle, as the man they want to find in connection with the incident. He was released from Durham prison on Thursday having served a sentence for assault.

Detective Superintendent Steve Howes, who is leading the investigation, said the attack at a house in Scafell, Birtley, near Gateshead, was motivated by a grudge against the couple.

He warned members of the public not to approach Moat, who is on the run and is believed to be armed.

It is understood that Moat was previously in a relationship with the injured woman, who was in the house in Scafell with her current partner when the shooting took place.

Police found a man lying on a grassy area opposite the house. The man, who is believed to be in his late 20s or early 30s and has not been named, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The injured woman is thought to be in her 20s and has been named locally as Samatha Stobbart. Sources said she was injured when a shot was fired through the living room window of her home.

This incident is said to have prompted her partner to leave the house and he was shot dead around 50 metres from the front door.

A news website quoted Ms Stobbart's grandmother Ann Hornsby as saying: "Sam's had a couple of operations so far to stop the bleeding. She's been shot twice, once in the stomach and another time in the chest. I just don't want Samantha to die."

Det Supt Howes said: "I would like to stress that this is not a random attack and that the people involved are all known to each other. We believe the offender targeted his victims because of a grudge he held against them."

He said a significant number of officers were involved with the search for Moat

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