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| Jury still out in Pc murder trial | Jury still out in Pc murder trial |
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| A jury trying four men over the murder of a woman police officer has retired again after a third day considering its verdict, and will not sit on Friday. | |
| Pc Sharon Beshenivsky was shot outside a travel agency in Bradford in a bungled robbery on 18 November, 2005. | Pc Sharon Beshenivsky was shot outside a travel agency in Bradford in a bungled robbery on 18 November, 2005. |
| The jury will resume its deliberations on Monday morning. | |
| Mr Justice Andrew Smith told them to take as much time as they needed when they began their deliberations at Newcastle Crown Court on Tuesday. | |
| He urged the jury to try to reach unanimous verdicts. | |
| He told them: "There is no pressure of time." | |
| The four defendents all deny murder and firearms offences. | |
| A fifth man, 25-year-old Muzzaker Imtiaz Shah, of London, pleaded guilty earlier to Pc Beshenivsky's murder, robbery, and related firearms offences. | |
| Silent alarm | Silent alarm |
| Members of the jury were given four sets of questions, one relating to each defendant, to consider during their deliberations. | Members of the jury were given four sets of questions, one relating to each defendant, to consider during their deliberations. |
| The court heard the two officers were the first to respond to a silent panic alarm which had been activated by staff at the travel agency. | The court heard the two officers were the first to respond to a silent panic alarm which had been activated by staff at the travel agency. |
| As they arrived, 38-year-old Pc Beshenivsky was hit in the chest at close range by a round from a handgun and her 37-year-old colleague, Pc Milburn, was also gunned down in the street. | As they arrived, 38-year-old Pc Beshenivsky was hit in the chest at close range by a round from a handgun and her 37-year-old colleague, Pc Milburn, was also gunned down in the street. |
| Despite seeing her colleague's head "flop" to the side and coughing up blood herself, Pc Milburn managed to send a Code Zero alert over her police radio indicating an officer had been shot. | Despite seeing her colleague's head "flop" to the side and coughing up blood herself, Pc Milburn managed to send a Code Zero alert over her police radio indicating an officer had been shot. |
| The jury heard that 20-year-old Yusuf Abdillh Jamma was one of three men who posed as customers inside the premises during the raid while four others were waiting in nearby streets. | The jury heard that 20-year-old Yusuf Abdillh Jamma was one of three men who posed as customers inside the premises during the raid while four others were waiting in nearby streets. |
| Brothel party | Brothel party |
| The gang, some of whom had partied on champagne and vodka in a brothel the previous evening, had hoped to take up to £100,000 in the raid, but escaped, firing a shot back towards the shop, with little more than £5,000. | The gang, some of whom had partied on champagne and vodka in a brothel the previous evening, had hoped to take up to £100,000 in the raid, but escaped, firing a shot back towards the shop, with little more than £5,000. |
| Jamma, of Whitmore Road, Small Heath, Birmingham, admits robbery and two firearms offences, but denies murder and two further firearms offences. | Jamma, of Whitmore Road, Small Heath, Birmingham, admits robbery and two firearms offences, but denies murder and two further firearms offences. |
| 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 Pc Beshenivsky's murder, robbery and four related firearms offences. | 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 Pc Beshenivsky's murder, robbery and four related firearms offences. |
| Two men, 25-year-old Mustaf Jamma and Piran Ditta Khan, remain on the run. | Two men, 25-year-old Mustaf Jamma and Piran Ditta Khan, remain on the run. |