Friends are 'helping fugitive gunman'
0 Comments | Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph, Jul 9, 2010
DETECTIVES are trying to unravel a network of accomplices suspected of harbouring gunman Raoul Moat as he widened his deadly threats from police to the public.
Senior investigators believe the former doorman has been supported by friends who helped him remain a step ahead of one of the biggest police manhunts in living memory.
As the search stretched into its sixth day, police admitted the rugged Northumbria terrain around isolated Rothbury was helping Moat avoid capture.
They revealed two men are being questioned on suspicion of assisting an offender after they were arrested in the area of the village last night.
Two other alleged accomplices, Karl Ness and Qhuram Awan, appeared before magistrates yesterday accused of being part of Moat’s conspiracy to hunt down and kill policemen.
The fugitive has vowed not to stop killing “till I’m dead” in a letter to Northumbria Police, who he blames for the loss of his children, girlfriend and liberty.
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