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How to break a person’s life. Man accused of murdering PC Sharon Beshenivsky to appear at the Old Bailey

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A man who was extradited from Pakistan will appear at the Old Bailey over the murder of Police Constable Sharon Beshenivsky nearly 20 years ago.

Piran Ditta Khan, 74, is charged with the murder of the 38-year-old on November 18, 2005.

PC Beshenevsky and a colleague responded to a robbery at Universal Travel in Morley Street, Bradford and were attacked on arrival.

The married mother-of-three, with two stepchildren, was a probationer with only nine months’ service when she was killed.

Her colleague, Pc Teresa Millburn was seriously injured.

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Khan appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in central London on Thursday.

The court heard that a warrant was issued for the arrest of the defendant in Pakistan in 2018 and that he was detained in 2020.

Khan was brought back to the UK and taken into custody at a West Yorkshire police station, where he was charged with killing PC Beshenivsky.

As well as the murder charge, Khan is charged with robbery, two counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and two counts of possession of a prohibited weapon.

Khan is charged with the robbery of Mohammed Yousaf of a quantity of cash of a value unknown.

The firearms charges relate to alleged possession of a Mac 10 submachine gun and a 9mm pistol.

All the alleged offences are said to have taken place on the same day.

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