DETECTIVES are urging the public to help bring to justice the final suspect in the murder of Keighley policewoman Sharon Beshenivsky on the ninth anniversary of her death.

PC Beshenivsky – who lived at Hainworth – was gunned down as she responded to an armed robbery at a travel agency in Morley Street, Bradford city centre, on November 18, 2005.

Her colleague, Teresa Milburn, was also shot and seriously wounded in the attack.

Bradford Divisional Commander Simon Atkin, Deputy Chief Constable John Robins and the Lord Mayor of Bradford Councillor Mike Gibbons placed flowers at the Memorial Stones Garden, behind City Hall, on Tuesday in memory of the mother-of-five.

Three men – Muzzaker Imtiaz Shah, Mustaf Jama and his younger brother Yusuf Jama – were all given minimum 35-year jail sentences for her murder.

Detectives are still hunting another member of the murder conspiracy gang, ‘Uncle’ Piran Ditta Khan. He fled to Pakistan after the murder and is thought to still be there.

There remains a £20,000 reward on his head.

Detective Superintendent Simon Atkinson, of the Protective Services (Crime) Department at West Yorkshire Police, said: “The senseless murder of PC Sharon Beshenivsky in 2005 is felt as keenly throughout the force today as it was back then – the passage of time has in no way diminished our sense of loss.

“Officers are always reminded of the impact she made on the force when they step into the Beshenivsky suite at Bradford Police Station or see a PCSO receiving the Beshenivsky award for PCSO of the Year.

“As part of the investigation into her murder, we have previously named Piran Ditta Khan, 66, as someone we want to trace.

“Everything possible is being done to find him and bring him before the British courts.

“The £20,000 reward on offer remains, and I would like to take this opportunity to appeal again to the people of Pakistan, or to anyone who knows where this man is, to get in contact.”

Chief Superintendent Atkin added: “The death of Sharon was the most impactive event police in Bradford have ever had to deal with, and it is still there today.

“Now, and in years to come, it is about making sure we do not forget the contribution Sharon made as a wife, mother, friend, community member and police officer.”

Anyone with any information should call police on 101.

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