Killer Raoul Moat's final words as he lay dying on grass after police stand-off
ITV viewers will re-live the chilling moment killer Raoul Moat ended his six-hour stand-off with police by shooting himself in the head in tonight's final episode of The Hunt for Raoul Moat.
The three-part drama recalls the horrifying events that took place more than a decade ago and sparked one of Britain's biggest manhunts.
Ex-nightclub bouncer Moat shot and injured his ex-girlfriend Samantha Stobbart through the window of a house on July 3, 2010, just moments after killing her lover Chris Brown in a brutal attack.
The day after the initial shooting, Moat, 37, shot and blinded PC David Rathband, then 44, as he sat in his patrol car in Newcastle.
The hunt for Moat was one of the biggest the UK has ever seen (PA)Moat went on the run for a week and when he found himself cornered by armed police, he eventually blasted himself in the head in the early hours of July 10.
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Tuesday's final episode of The Hunt for Raoul Moat will retell the final hours of his life before he decided to end things in a bloody conclusion at a riverbank in Rothbury, Northumberland.
It became game over for Moat when the police closed in on him after he was spotted roaming around the village on July 9 and residents were warned to stay indoors.
The steroid-addicted bodybuilder was finally cornered by armed police officers on the banks of the River Coquet.
Matt Stokoe as Raoul Moat (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)What followed was a tense stand-off between the police and the killer, who stood with a sawn-off shotgun aimed at his neck.
During a gruelling six hours of tough negotiations, police desperately tried to convince Raoul to surrender himself.
But as marksmen aimed their guns at the country's most wanted man, it soon became clear that this would not be short - or straight-forward.
At one point, the forces sent in food and water as the hours began to tick by.
It was nearing 1.15am on July 10 when - amid torrential rain - a single shot broke the silence at the scene.
The drama traces his final hours (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)According to The Sunday Telegraph, as Moat lay on the grass, his gun pointed at his neck, witnesses heard him tell police: "I have not got a dad - no one cares about me."
Moat then shot himself in the head.
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Minutes later, police reported that the suspect had suffered a gunshot wound and was being transferred to hospital.
Moat was pronounced dead less than an hour later, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
An inquest into the former doorman's death, which was ruled as suicide, heard that two police officers had fired tasers at Raoul as they feared he was going to take his own life.
The three-week inquest at Newcastle Crown Court was told that Moat was hit by an experimental Taser round fired by marksmen who believed he was about to kill himself - but the Taser had no effect.
The inquest revealed that Moat said he would "take the shoot-out" rather than go back to prison.
His brother Angus told the hearing that he should have been allowed to negotiate with his brother.
Police officer David Rathband arriving with his wife Katherine Rathband and son Ash Rathband (left) to give evidence in the Raoul Moat case at Newcastle Crown Court in 2011 (PA)His request had been turned down by police officers who had said the gunman responded to aggression and threat "but he also responded to kindness and friendship."
Northumbria Police Chief Constable Sue Sim welcomed the 2011 verdict.
She said: "Raoul Moat chose his path, he decided to murder, attempt to murder and to threaten the lives of the public and police officers.
"He had many opportunities to hand himself in and face justice, yet he chose not to do so. His victims had no such choice.
"This was an extremely complex and dynamic operation. In the first few days we were also dealing with a potential hostage situation.
"We always wanted to bring him to justice."
The Hunt For Raoul Moat airs tonight on 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX
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