Gunman Raoul Moat shouted "shoot me" at the first police officer to confront him, an inquest has heard.

BBC: Raoul Moat inquest: Gunman shouted 'shoot me' to police

Raoul Moat went on the rampage with a gun in Northumberland in July after he shot Samantha Stobbart, 22.

BBC: Raoul Moat: No police action taken against Taser firm

David Rathband, the police officer who was shot and blinded by Raoul Moat, was found hanged, a coroner has heard.

BBC: David Rathband death: PC blinded by Moat found hanged

The policeman blinded by gunman Raoul Moat has made the first award from a charity he set up to help injured emergency service personnel.

BBC: Pc David Rathband's Blue Lamp Foundation in first award

The inquiry followed the revoking of the previous Taser supplier's licence after an "unauthorised" Taser was given to police during the Raoul Moat hunt.

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No action is to be taken against a firm that provided illegal Taser weapons which Northumbria Police used during a stand-off with gunman Raoul Moat.

BBC: Raoul Moat: No police action taken against Taser firm

The director of operations of the firm which supplied the Tasers used during the stand-off with gunman Raoul Moat is understood to have killed himself.

BBC: Raoul Moat Taser company director 'kills himself'

He said he felt compelled to help when he heard about the injuries sustained by Pc Rathband, who was shot in the face by Raoul Moat in Newcastle in July 2010.

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