Policewoman’s killer fled under veil

BRITAIN’S border controls were condemned as “non-existent” yesterday after it was claimed that the suspected murderer of a policewoman fled the country by disguising himself as a veiled Muslim woman.

Police reportedly believe that Mustaf Jamma, a prime suspect in the fatal shooting of PC Sharon Beshenivsky, used his sister’s passport and wore a full niqab to evade security checks at Heathrow airport.

At the time of the 26-year-old’s apparent escape between Christmas Day last year and New Year’s Day, he was one of Britain’s most wanted men and the airport was on high alert in the wake of the July 7 bombing attacks. But it is thought staff rarely ask those departing Britain to remove veils in order to make sure their identification is valid.

A BAA Heathrow spokesman told The Times: “Immigration control staff always do a visual check on people coming into the country but only random checks are made with outgoing passengers.”

British Shadow Home Secretary David Davis yesterday said an urgent inquiry was needed into the breach.

“The idea that... you could be let through passport control wearing a veil is barely credible,” he said.

Ms Beshenivsky was shot and killed on November 18 last year as she arrived at the scene of a robbery.