so what you are hearing there is a press conference that was taking place outside leeds crown court, t is in the aftermath of someone being found guilty of the murder of pc sharon beshenivsky, who was shot during an armed robbery in bradford in 2005. to give you some background, the 38—year—old pc and her colleague were shot as they responded to a rate at a travel agent in bradford on the 18th of november 2005. agent in bradford on the 18th of november2005. pc agent in bradford on the 18th of november 2005. pc beshenivsky was shot on her youngest daughter�*s fourth birthday as she arrived. killed in the line of duty. pc sharon beshenivsky, shot dead responding to reports of a robbery. she was murdered on her daughter�*s fourth birthday. this was the scene in november 2005. an attack alarm had been activated at a travel agent in bradford. pc beshenivsky�*s patrol car arrived. she and her colleague across the road to investigate. figs across the road to investigate. sis sharon across the road to investigate. is sharon was approaching the door, the guys inside burst out and shot her down

danny savage, at| correspondence, danny savage, at least crown court, where he was in court for the verdict and has been following this case. —— at leedso, there was a press conference on the steps of the court. while we welcome today's conviction, our thoughts are family with pc sharon beshenivsky, teresa milburn and theirfamilies and sharon beshenivsky, teresa milburn and their families and friends. sharon and teresa went to work on that day back in november 2005, fully expecting to go home to their family and friends. due to the horrific actions of those individuals who have now been convicted for those offences, that wasn't the case. west yorkshire police have remained doggedly determined to bring all of those to justice that were responsible for these offences. today's conviction would not been possible without the support and assistance of our partner agencies over the last 18 years, those being the crown prosecution service, the national crime agency, the foreign and commonwealth office, and the pakistani authorities. i would also like to extend our thanks to the majority of police forces across the united kingdom that have help

let's speak to danny savage, who is outside leeds crown court. is outside leeds crown court. verdict coming l little this verdict coming back in the last little while, just tell us more about the background. matthew, this was a shocking _ about the background. matthew, this was a shocking crime _ about the background. matthew, this was a shocking crime back— about the background. matthew, this was a shocking crime back in - about the background. matthew, this was a shocking crime back in 2005 i was a shocking crime back in 2005 and it feels like a shocking crime now. a west yorkshire police officer, unarmed, responding to a call of an alarm being activated at a travel agent in a city centre in bradford, west yorkshire, in november 2005. bradford, west yorkshire, in november2005. she bradford, west yorkshire, in november 2005. she and her colleague pull up in their police car opposite that business on a busy friday afternoon, they walked across the street towards the front door of the travel agent, just as they arrive, three gunmen burst out of th

danny savage was at leeds crown court to hear the verdict. killed in the line of duty. to reports of a robbery. she was murdered on her daughter�*s fourth birthday. this was the scene in november 2005. an attack alarm had been activated at a travel agent�*s in bradford. pc beshenivsky�*s patrol car pulls up opposite. she and her colleague, pc teresa milburn, cross the road to investigate. john brambani watched it happen from his nearby business. as sharon was approaching the door to the universal express, the guys inside burst out and bumped into her and shot her, seemed to shoot her down her vest. this memorial now stands on the spot where pc beshenivsky died. although only three men were involved in the actual raid here, there were seven members of the gang altogether. six of them were subsequently caught, but the seventh has only today been convicted. he fled the country soon after the shooting, and it took a long time to get him back. piran ditta khan went to pakistan. in 2020, he was arrested and last year was sent back to the uk. 30th of november 2005, murdered po

2005, was convicted of her murder thursday. 75—year—old piran ditta khan was found guilty at leeds crown courtder, after a six—week trial. he fled to pakistan shortly after shooting two officers during an armed raid at a travel agent in bradford. as police approached the entrance, three men burst out of the office and fired at both officers, killing beshenivsky. she will always be remembered. i would like to acknowledge the respect and dignity that sharon's family have shown over the past 18 years and i hope that today's conviction goes some way in enabling them to move on with their life. khan was also found guilty of two counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and two counts of possession of a prohibited weapon. pc beshenivsky�*s colleague was seriously injured. you're live with bbc news. emergency workers in taiwan are still trying to reach around 600 people either trapped in highway tunnels or cut off in remote areas after wednesday's major earthquake. ten people were killed and more than 1,000 injured after the biggest quake there in more than 20 years. earlier, i s

convicted in the past few moments at leeds crown court.k. as we head into the weekend, we are looking at some very windy weather with a new name the storm. we are in between weather systems today, so a relatively quiet day before the next area of low pressure moves through during the overnight period. it will remain chilly. limited sunshine. the best of any sunshine will be across the midlands. but they will be some showers. it will stay blustery through the channel. between 1a and 16 degrees. this evening and overnight, wet and windy weather spreads northwards across the country. as it bumps into the cold air across scotland, we are likely to see some snow. it stays cold here but a very mild night for england and wales. potentially some disruptive snowfall across central and northern scotland for the early part of friday. even fairly low levels, actually, but mostly on the hills. the rain, sleet and snow will eventually ease. temperature wise, a little bit higher. 17 or 18 degrees across southern and eastern areas. still chilly across sco

2005, was convicted of her murder thursday. 75—year—old piran ditta khan was found guilty at leeds crown courtrial. he fled to pakistan shortly after shooting two officers during an armed raid at a travel agent in bradford. as police approached the entrance, three men burst out of the office and fired at both officers, killing beshenivsky. she will always be remembered. i would like to acknowledge the respect and dignity that sharon's family have shown over the past 18 years and i hope that today's conviction goes some way in enabling them to move on with their life. khan was also found guilty of two counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and two counts of possession of a prohibited weapon. you're live with bbc news. the north atlantic treaty organization alliance — better known as nato — marked its 75th anniversary on thursday. a ceremony was held at its headquarters in brussels to celebrate the occasion. it comes less than a month after sweden fullyjoined nato as its 32nd member, in response to russia's invasion of ukraine. nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg descr

danny savage was at leeds crown court to hear the verdict. killed in the line of duty.. she was murdered on her daughter's fourth birthday. this was the scene in november 2005. an attack alarm had been activated at a travel agent's in bradford. pc beshenivsky�*s patrol car pulls up opposite. she and her colleague, pc teresa milburn, cross the road to investigate. john brambani watched it happen from his nearby business. as sharon was approaching the door to the universal express, the guys inside burst out and bumped into and shot, seemed to shoot her down her vest. this memorial now stands on the spot where pc beshenivsky died. although only three men were involved in the actual raid here, there were seven members of the gang altogether. six of them were subsequently caught, but the seventh has only today been convicted. he fled the country soon after the shooting and it took a long time to get him back. piran ditta khan went to pakistan. in 2020, he was arrested and last year was sent back to the uk. 30th november 2005, murdered police constable sharon beshenivsky. he

danny savage was at leeds crown court to hear the verdict. killed in the line of duty.hot dead responding to reports of a robbery. she was murdered on her daughter's fourth birthday. this was the scene in november 2005. an attack alarm had been activated at a travel agent's in bradford. pc beshenivsky�*s patrol car pulls up opposite. she and her colleague, pc teresa milburn, cross the road to investigate. john brambani watched it happen from his nearby business. as sharon was approaching the door to the universal express, the guys inside burst out and bumped into and shot, seemed to shoot her down her vest. this memorial now stands on the spot where pc beshenivsky died. although only three men were involved in the actual raid here, there were seven members of the gang altogether. six of them were subsequently caught, but the seventh has only today been convicted. he fled the country soon after the shooting and it took a long time to get him back. piran ditta khan went to pakistan. in 2020, he was arrested and last year was sent back to the uk. 30th november 2005, murder

and over the last seven weeks here in leeds crown court, he has been on trial.st hour, he has been found guilty of the murder, even though he was not in the business at the time, he was driving around in a lookout car, but, because of his involvement, because of his planning, he isjust as responsible for the murder of pc sharon beshenivsky as the people who fired the guns that day. here's the reaction on the steps of the court within the last few minutes. while we welcome today's conviction, our thoughts are firmly with pc sharon beshenivsky, teresa milburn and their family and friends. sharon and teresa went to work on that day back in november 2005 fully expecting to come home to their families and friends. due to the horrific actions of those individuals who have now been convicted for those offences, that was not the case. west yorkshire police have remained doggedly determined to bring all of those to justice that were responsible for these offences. i know you have been talking to sharon's husband, paul. he has often been in court throughout this trial. ha

danny savage was at leeds crown court to hear the verdict. killed in the line of duty.d. pc beshenivsky�*s patrol car pulls up opposite. she and her colleague, pc teresa milburn, cross the road to investigate. john brambani watched it happen from his nearby business. as sharon was approaching the door to the universal express, the guys inside burst out and bumped into and shot, seemed to shoot her down her vest. this memorial now stands on the spot where pc beshenivsky died. although only three men were involved in the actual raid here, there were seven members of the gang altogether. six of them were subsequently caught, but the seventh has only today been convicted. he fled the country soon after the shooting and it took a long time to get him back. piran ditta khan went to pakistan. in 2020, he was arrested and last year was sent back to the uk. 30th of november 2005, murdered police constable sharon beshenivsky. he planned the raid and was a lookout on the day. i'm not murder anybody. but he did murder a west yorkshire police officer. pc sharon beshenivsky lost her

he was found guilty at leeds crown court today and, we understand, will be sentenced at a later date in other news, the prime date. in other news, the prime minister says that britain could pull out of the european convention on human rights if it obstructs the government's rwanda plan. rishi sunak says that controlling illegal migration is more important than membership in the echr, and that he would not let what he called the foreign court interfere in sovereign matters . labour, sovereign matters. labour, though, has accused the prime minister of trying to appease the hard right in the conservative party more than 600 british legal experts, including three former supreme court judges, are calling on the uk to stop selling arms to israel. they say there's a plausible risk that the weapons may be used to commit serious violations of international law, and that the prime minister must change britain's policy. we've heard this afternoon that leicester city council has said that sensitive information has been posted online by a known ransomware group after it was stolen from the counci

and after the sentencing of the last seven men at leeds crown court, we now know who was sent down.etween 38 and 53, and sentences spanning from 17, sorry, seven and a half years to 17 years behind bars, joining me now in the studio is the former editor of the sun, kelvin mackenzie and kelvin. this is yet another predominantly british pakistani grooming gang, isn't it? >> yes it is and i made a mistake. i tweeted that that they were an asian gang and of course everybody then piles in and says, look , they're not and says, look, they're not asian. you know, they don't come from japan , they don't come from from japan, they don't come from bangladesh, they don't come from india. actually, they came from, they were pakistani muslims . and they were pakistani muslims. and they were pakistani muslims. and the other reason, the real reason why they weren't they haven't been named in two years is because a number of them are related to each other. they are first cousins. and therefore, if you reported on on one, then the other family then got caught up in it. so it's been an incredible tri

he was today found guilty at leeds crown court of her murder.. the judge setting the minimum terms. detectives say that today's verdict is the culmination of 18 years of hard work . in that case, the prime work. in that case, the prime minister says that britain could pull out of the european convention on human rights if it obstructs the government's rwanda plan. rishi sunak says that controlling illegal migration is more important than membership of the echr, and that he would not let what he called the foreign court interfere in sovereign matters . labour, sovereign matters. labour, though, accused the prime minister of trying to appease the hard right of his party. more than 600 british legal experts, including three former supreme court judges, are calling on the uk to stop selling arms to israel. they say that there is a plausible risk that there is a plausible risk that there is a plausible risk that the weapons may be used to commit serious violations of international law, and that the prime minister must change britain's policy. prime m