Brother claims Taser caused Moat to kill himself

GUNMAN Raoul Moat was “no psycho” and may have killed himself in an “involuntary reaction” to being Tasered by police, his brother said last night.

Brother claims Taser caused Moat to kill himself

Angus Moat is convinced he could have prevented his younger brother’s death but said police would not let him intervene during the six-hour stand-off which ended with a fatal gunshot at 1.15am on Saturday.

The tax officer, 39, said his brother was a sensitive person who may have been suffering a breakdown when he shot his former girlfriend, killed her new boyfriend and then turned his gun on a police officer.

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