PC Sharon Beshenivsky murder suspect Piran Ditta Khan due in court over Bradford shooting 18 years ago

Piran Ditta Khan was brought back to the UK from Pakistan and taken into custody at a West Yorkshire police station, where he was charged with killing the 38-year-old officer on November 18 2005. He is also charged with robbery, two counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and two counts of possession of a prohibited weapon. He will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court.

A Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) spokesman said that the charges were authorised in 2006, leading to the issuing of the extradition warrant. Chief crown prosecutor Joanne Jakymec said: "A suspect wanted in connection with the murder of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky in Bradford in 2005 has been extradited to the UK from Pakistan thanks to the continued hard work of prosecutors in the CPS's extradition and international units.

"Since Piran Ditta Khan was arrested in Pakistan in 2020, our specialist prosecutors have been working closely with our Pakistani partners to complete the legal process in the country so that he could be extradited back to England to face the allegations from almost 20 years ago."

Pc Beshenivsky, who had three children and two stepchildren, had been a serving officer for nine months. She was fatally shot as she responded to an alarm at a travel agent in Morley Street, Bradford, and died on her youngest daughter’s fourth birthday. Her colleague, PC Teresa Millburn, was also seriously injured. Six men have previously been jailed in connection with PC Beshenivsky’s murder.