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2 February 2011
Last updated at 09:42 ET
Raoul Moat boasted to a barber "I'll be back inside by Friday" shortly before shooting three people with a shotgun, a court has been told.
The claims were heard at Newcastle Crown Court at the trial of two men accused of helping the gunman.
Karl Ness and Qhuram Awan deny the attempted murder of a policeman who was shot and blinded by Moat, 37.
Mr Ness is also charged with the murder of Chris Brown, the partner of Moat's ex-girlfriend, a charge he denies.
Mr Brown was shot three times by Moat on 3 July. He then shot former girlfriend Sam Stobbart, 22, through the window of her mother's house in Birtley. She survived.
'Bent on revenge' The court heard the former doorman, who had been released from Durham Prison hours earlier, told the barber as his hair was being cut: "I have got a few things to do and I've got a few arses to kick.
"I'll probably be back inside by Friday."
Prosecutor Robert Smith QC told the court that Moat had become obsessed that Ms Stobbart was seeing another man after ending their six-year relationship.
He was determined to track down her new boyfriend and was bent on revenge.
He enlisted the help of his former business partner Mr Ness, 26, and Mr Ness's friend Mr Awan, 23, during his rampage, the court was told.
The pair were arrested in Rothbury, Northumberland, days before Moat shot himself on 10 July after a six-hour a stand-off with police.
He had been on the run for a week following the shootings.
Mr Ness of Brookside in Dudley, North Tyneside, and Mr Awan of Rowley Street in Blyth, North Tyneside, are both charged with the attempted murder of Pc David Rathband, who was shot and blinded by the fugitive gunman.
The men are also accused of attempting to murder Pc Rathband, one charge of conspiracy to murder, one charge of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and one of robbing a fish shop.
They deny the charges. The trial continues.
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The claims were heard at Newcastle Crown Court at the trial of two men accused of helping the gunman.
Karl Ness and Qhuram Awan deny the attempted murder of a policeman who was shot and blinded by Moat, 37.
Mr Ness is also charged with the murder of Chris Brown, the partner of Moat's ex-girlfriend, a charge he denies.
Mr Brown was shot three times by Moat on 3 July. He then shot former girlfriend Sam Stobbart, 22, through the window of her mother's house in Birtley. She survived.
'Bent on revenge' The court heard the former doorman, who had been released from Durham Prison hours earlier, told the barber as his hair was being cut: "I have got a few things to do and I've got a few arses to kick.
"I'll probably be back inside by Friday."
Prosecutor Robert Smith QC told the court that Moat had become obsessed that Ms Stobbart was seeing another man after ending their six-year relationship.
He was determined to track down her new boyfriend and was bent on revenge.
He enlisted the help of his former business partner Mr Ness, 26, and Mr Ness's friend Mr Awan, 23, during his rampage, the court was told.
The pair were arrested in Rothbury, Northumberland, days before Moat shot himself on 10 July after a six-hour a stand-off with police.
He had been on the run for a week following the shootings.
Mr Ness of Brookside in Dudley, North Tyneside, and Mr Awan of Rowley Street in Blyth, North Tyneside, are both charged with the attempted murder of Pc David Rathband, who was shot and blinded by the fugitive gunman.
The men are also accused of attempting to murder Pc Rathband, one charge of conspiracy to murder, one charge of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and one of robbing a fish shop.
They deny the charges. The trial continues.
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