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| A judge has ordered a jury to clear a man of the attempted murder of a policewoman after an armed robbery in which her colleague was murdered. | A judge has ordered a jury to clear a man of the attempted murder of a policewoman after an armed robbery in which her colleague was murdered. |
| Muzzaker Imtiaz Shah, 25, has no case to answer over the attempted murder of Pc Teresa Milburn in Bradford last November, Mr Justice Andrew Smith said. | Muzzaker Imtiaz Shah, 25, has no case to answer over the attempted murder of Pc Teresa Milburn in Bradford last November, Mr Justice Andrew Smith said. |
| Shah has pleaded guilty to the murder of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky outside the Universal Express travel agents. | Shah has pleaded guilty to the murder of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky outside the Universal Express travel agents. |
| He denies firing the shot that killed her, Newcastle Crown Court has heard. | He denies firing the shot that killed her, Newcastle Crown Court has heard. |
| After Shah was cleared, Yusuf Abdillh Jamma, 20, of Whitmore Road, Small Heath, Birmingham, pleaded guilty to two of the four firearms offences he faces. | |
| He also admits robbery but denies the murder of Pc Beshenivsky. | |
| Charges denied | |
| His co-accused, Raza Ul-Haq Aslam, 25, of St Pancras Way, Kentish Town, north London; Faisal Razzaq, 25, and his 26-year-old brother Hassan, both of Sebert Road, Forest Gate, east London, all deny murder. | |
| The judge told the jury: "As you know, last week I considered a number of matters. | |
| "One of them was whether the case against Shah on the attempted murder of Pc Milburn should continue in light of the evidence presented by the prosecution. | |
| "Mr Shah had pleaded guilty to all the other charges, including the murder charge. | |
| "The decision that I reached was that the count of the attempted murder charge cannot properly be allowed to continue. | |
| "Therefore I'm going to direct you to return a not guilty verdict on that count. | |
| "Shah will therefore take no further part in the trial after that." | |
| Call for help | |
| Earlier in the trial, Pc Milburn sobbed in the witness box as she recalled seeing Pc Beshenivsky's head "flop" to the side before she collapsed in a heap in front of her. | |
| After being blasted in the chest herself, 37-year-old Pc Milburn staggered down the road before collapsing and issuing a "code zero" alert to summon help. | |
| Coughing up blood, she managed to describe the gunman to fellow officers as they arrived at the scene. | |
| Pc Milburn recalled seeing an Asian man and a black man in the doorway of the premises, with the Asian man pointing a gun towards them. | |
| The mother-of-one told the court the Asian man was responsible for injuring her and shooting dead her colleague. | |
| Pc Milburn repeatedly denied suggestions put by Diana Ellis QC, for Shah, that she was mistaken and a black man had been responsible. |