FAISAL RAZZAQ RECEIVES SECOND LIFE SENTENCE FOR GUN CONSPIRACY

Faisal Razzaq, who drove the getaway car in the robbery that led to the killing of PC Sharon Beshenivsky, has received a second life sentence. Judge Hannah Kinch sentenced him at Harrow Crown Court to a minimum of eight years for his role in a firearms conspiracy. Razzaq had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sell or transfer banned guns and to firearms and ammunition offences. He was one of six people sentenced over a scheme that supplied weapons to criminal groups across London. Prosecutors said he played “a central role” in the operation.

Beshenivsky was shot dead while responding to a robbery at a travel agency in Bradford in 2005. PC Teresa Milburn was also shot and survived. Razzaq was convicted of manslaughter in 2006 and received a life sentence with a minimum term of 11 years. He was released on parole in 2017, lived in Edgware and ran a luxury car hire business; the business operated from Bushey. He later began obtaining firearms and selling them to criminal customers.

Prosecutors said brothers Robert and Ricky Dorey passed guns to Razzaq, who sold them on with help from Saleh, another defendant. The group took part in the sale of 10 revolvers in August 2024. Thomas McKenna converted weapons for use, according to the account presented in court. In a recorded conversation, Razzaq told Saleh to shoot if police tried to detain him. Kinch told the court: “Criminals use guns to terrorise others… Guns kill, they maim, they devastate the lives of their victims.”