Moat 'may have used drains' to escape capture

Gunman Raoul Moat may have used a network of underground storm drains to evade capture from the police.

Gunman Raoul Moat may have used a network of underground storm drains to evade capture from the police.

A construction worker who worked on the installation of the drains system in Rothbury, where Moat shot himself dead early today during a stand-off with police, said Moat could have spent hours underneath the feet of officers frantically hunting for him.

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