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27 September 2011
Last updated at 11:38 ET
The Raoul Moat inquest jury has delivered a unanimous suicide verdict.
The 37-year-old former doorman died following a six-hour stand-off with armed officers in Rothbury.
The hearing was told that Moat was hit by an experimental shotgun Taser round fired by marksmen who believed he was preparing to kill himself.
Meanwhile an Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigation into the operation found no evidence of misconduct by officers.
The IPCC looked at the period from the sighting of Moat until his death, including strategy and tactics and the deployment of XREP Tasers.
It concluded that there may be "some learning" for Northumbria Police from the investigation but there was no evidence any police officers had committed misconduct.
One area the jury had to consider was whether the use of Tasers was appropriate. After deliberating for more than five hours a verdict of suicide was returned.
Moat had been on the run for a week after shooting his ex-partner Samantha Stobbart, murdering her new boyfriend Chris Brown and later blinding PC David Rathband.
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The 37-year-old former doorman died following a six-hour stand-off with armed officers in Rothbury.
The hearing was told that Moat was hit by an experimental shotgun Taser round fired by marksmen who believed he was preparing to kill himself.
Meanwhile an Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigation into the operation found no evidence of misconduct by officers.
The IPCC looked at the period from the sighting of Moat until his death, including strategy and tactics and the deployment of XREP Tasers.
It concluded that there may be "some learning" for Northumbria Police from the investigation but there was no evidence any police officers had committed misconduct.
One area the jury had to consider was whether the use of Tasers was appropriate. After deliberating for more than five hours a verdict of suicide was returned.
Moat had been on the run for a week after shooting his ex-partner Samantha Stobbart, murdering her new boyfriend Chris Brown and later blinding PC David Rathband.
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