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.

FUGITIVE gunman Raoul Moat attempted to justify the murder of his ex-girlfriend’s new partner in a letter left for police at his moorland hideout, it was revealed yesterday.

Police in the UK were warned by prison staff that suspected gunman Raoul Moat may have been planning to harm his ex-girlfriend the day before he allegedly shot her and killed her new boyfriend.