Police have paid tribute to a police officer who was shot dead while responding to a robbery after a man was found guilty of murder.

Piran Ditta Khan was today (4 April) convicted of the murder of PC Sharon Beshenivsky, who thwarted a raid on the family-run Global Express travel agency in Bradford in November 2005 was killed.

She and her colleague, Officer Teresa Milburn, were shot at point-blank range by one of the three men who had just committed a robbery as they were walking out of the business.

Detective Inspector Marc Bowes, of West Yorkshire Police, said: “Today our thoughts are as always with Constable Sharon Beshenivsky and her family as Sharon leaves for work To protect the public, she responded to the call for help along with her colleague Teresa, but unfortunately never returned home.” “