One of the two men who helped gunman Raoul Moat during his shotgun rampage - which left a man dead and a police officer blinded – lost a bid to win a reduction in his “excessive” sentence today.

A JURY at the inquest of cornered killer Raoul Moat, who blasted himself in the head with a sawn-off shotgun, has returned a unanimous verdict of suicide.

A jury at the inquest of cornered killer Raoul Moat will consider whether police should have used unauthorised Taser weapons on the night, the UK coroner has said.

The police officers who fired Tasers at cornered killer Raoul Moat said today that one missed and the other had no effect.

Raoul Moat likened himself to King Kong and the Incredible Hulk while on the run from armed police.

Cornered killer Raoul Moat told the first officer to confront him: “Shoot me, f****** shoot me” while holding a sawn-off shotgun to his head, an inquest into his death heard today

Raoul Moat’s ex-lover deliberately wound him up hours before he launched his murderous rampage, the killer’s best friend told an inquest today.

Gun maniac Raoul Moat warned his ex-girlfriend he was “going to go crazy” after she told him she wanted him out of her life, an inquest heard today.

Two men who helped crazed gunman Raoul Moat during his shotgun rampage which left a man dead and a police officer blinded were jailed for life in the UK today.

TWO men are facing jail after they were convicted of being gunman Raoul Moat’s henchmen during his murderous rampage.

Two men were facing jail today after they were convicted of being gunman Raoul Moat's henchmen during his shooting spree.

A mother wept as she described the moment gunman Raoul Moat shot dead her daughter’s boyfriend today.

Two men will appear in court today accused of helping gunman Raoul Moat during his seven days on the run.

An inquest into the death of a British company director whose firm supplied Tasers used during the stand-off with gunman Raoul Moat will open today.

The director of operations of the firm which supplied the Tasers used during the stand-off with gunman Raoul Moat has died in a suspected suicide, his firm said tonight.

The company which supplied the Tasers used by police in the stand-off with gunman Raoul Moat has had its licence revoked, the British Home Office said today.

The company that supplied the Taser guns used by police in the stand-off with gunman Raoul Moat breached its licence, sources confirmed today.

Residents of the town where where British murderer Raoul Moat ended his life were furious today after it emerged his ashes were scattered close by.

FAMILY, friends and strangers paid their respects to crazed gunman Raoul Moat yesterday.

Family and friends gathered to pay tribute to fugitive killer Raoul Moat at his funeral today.

A TWENTY-FIRST person was arrested today in connection with the investigation into fugitive gunman Raoul Moat.

The former girlfriend of Raoul Moat has said the gun killer raped her and beat her regularly.

TWO alleged accomplices of gunman Raoul Moat will face trial next year accused of conspiracy to murder.

The policeman blinded by gunman Raoul Moat was expected to leave hospital today as officers continued to question four people arrested on suspicion of helping the fugitive.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of firearms offences in connection with the Raoul Moat investigation, police said today.

The former girlfriend of killer Raoul Moat described today the “five minutes of hell” as he blasted her and her new boyfriend with a shotgun.

Police officers hunting for Raoul Moat were “excited” by the arrival of new Tasers just hours before they entered a stand-off with the fugitive gunman, it was reported today.

The former girlfriend of gunman Raoul Moat has been discharged from hospital.

A CONTROVERSIAL webpage dedicated to gunman Raoul Moat on Facebook has been removed.

A controversial webpage dedicated to gunman Raoul Moat on Facebook has been removed.

Newcastle gunman Raoul Moat told social workers he wanted to see a psychiatrist in case he had a "problem", it emerged.

THERE should be no public sympathy for gunman Raoul Moat, British Prime Minister David Cameron has said , describing him as a “callous murderer”.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said today that there should be no public sympathy for gunman Raoul Moat, describing him as a “callous murderer”.

The British police officer injured by Raoul Moat has described how the gunman stared coldly into his eyes moments before he shot him in the face – leaving him blind.

TWO policemen fired powerful new electric stun guns that have yet to be officially approved at fugitive gunman Raoul Moat at around the time he killed himself after a six-hour standoff, investigators said yesterday.

Two police officers fired Taser guns at Raoul Moat before he shot himself, an inquest opening heard today.

THE mother of the man murdered by gunman Raoul Moat attacked police yesterday for not “keeping an eye” on her son.

Gunman Raoul Moat would have eventually surrendered to police and “passed his gun over”, one of his friends said today.

British police faced more questions today over their use of Tasers during the violent end to the stand-off with gunman Raoul Moat.

Police in England were tonight facing an investigation into their handling of the manhunt for Raoul Moat as further details of the tense six-hour stand off with the gunman emerged.

Two Taser stun guns were discharged during the stand-off with gunman Raoul Moat, the police watchdog said tonight.

Northumbria Police had hoped to be able to take Raoul Moat into custody alive, without any further bloodshed.

British police fired a Taser stun gun during the dramatic last stand by gunman Raoul Moat, Northumbria Police Temporary Chief Constable Sue Sim said today.