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Raja Ahmed 
Greater Manchester Police 1964 – 31 August 1999 (aged 35) Place of death Miles Platting, Manchester, England Rank Police Constable PC Raja Bashrat Ahmed (1964 – 31 August 1999) was a police officer serving with Greater Manchester Police who was murdered when his motorcycle was deliberately rammed into the path of a moving lorry.
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Background
Ahmed was a part-time law student and experienced police motorcyclist in the traffic unit of Greater Manchester Police.[1]
Murder
On 31 August 1999, Ahmed was on motorcycle patrol in Miles Platting, central Manchester, when he saw a suspected stolen Vauxhall Nova in the traffic ahead of him. Also in the stolen car were the suspect's 27-year-old girlfriend and her two daughters, aged eight and twelve. Upon seeing Ahmed, the suspect reversed suddenly, forcing the officer to manoeuvre his motorcycle between two cars which were stopped at traffic lights.
The suspect then drove at Ahmed's motorcycle, ramming him 82 feet (25 m) forward into the busy road junction; Ahmed was struck by an articulated lorry. He was taken to hospital by ambulance but he died as a result of his injuries.[2] The suspect fled the scene.
Conviction
The suspect in the stolen car, 28-year-old Steven Draper from Salford, was sentenced to life imprisonment on 30 June 2000 for Ahmed's murder. On the day of the incident Draper was already on probation for various vehicle-related offences including theft.[3] He had denied the murder charge but pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving. He was also disqualified from driving for seventeen years and ordered to re-take his driving test upon release from prison.[4]
Memorial
A memorial commissioned by the Police Memorial Trust was built at the junction of Oldham Road and Queens Road in Miles Platting where Ahmed died.[5]
See also
References
- ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1345981/Life-for-thief-who-killed-motorcycle-Pc.html
- ^ "Our Officers killed in the line of duty". Greater Manchester Police.
- ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1345981/Life-for-thief-who-killed-motorcycle-Pc.html
- ^ "National Police Officers Roll of Honour".
- ^ "Life for policeman's murder". BBC News. June 30, 2000.
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Categories:- 1964 births
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- Murder in 1999
- 1999 in England
- English Muslims
- English murder victims
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- British police officers
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- English people of Pakistani descent
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