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PC Sharon Beshenivsky killer jailed over underworld guns operation
Police said the network supplied 10 revolvers in one month and helped drive a sharp rise in converted handguns on London streets.
- On Thursday, Faisal Razzaq, a former getaway driver for the gang that murdered PC Sharon Beshenivsky, was sentenced to life with a minimum of eight years for supplying converted firearms to London criminals.
- Following his 2017 release from prison, Razzaq began supplying converted blank-firing handguns to criminals in May 2024, collaborating with brothers Robert Dorey and Ricky Dorey to distribute weapons across London.
- Far-Right extremist Thomas McKenna manufactured the weapons in an Essex caravan workshop, and police recovered 14 converted firearms through Operation Eatchief, dismantling the entire network.
- Harrow Crown Court sentenced five network members on Thursday, including Ricky Dorey to 10 years and Abdul Saleh to seven years and six months. Judge Hannah Kinch said gun crime 'could not be overstated.'
- Detective Inspector Andy Durham of the Met's Specialist Crime Command said the investigation prevented 'a significant number' of illegal firearms from reaching the public, noting it is 'extremely rare' to dismantle an entire criminal network.
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One of Sharon Beshenivsky's killers sent back to jail for life after gun crimes
Faisal Razzaq, who was jailed in 2006 for the manslaughter of PC Sharon Beshenivsky, was today jailed at Harrow Crown Court after police found he was part of a criminal network which made and sold illegal guns to criminals
·London, United Kingdom
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Harrow man jailed for life over illegal firearms network supplying guns across London
A man from Harrow who was previously jailed over the death of a police officer has been sentenced to life in prison for helping supply illegal firearms across London. Faisal Razzaq, 44, of Buckingham Road in Harrow, was sentenced at Harrow Crown Court on Thursday (22 October), alongside five other members of a criminal network. […]
·Harrow, United Kingdom
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Pc Sharon Beshenivsky killer given second life sentence for gun conspiracy
Faisal Razzaq started selling firearms to criminals after being released from prison.
·London, United Kingdom
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