Chris Brown was a 29-year-old karate instructor who met 22-year-old Samantha Stobbart shortly after he moved from Berkshire to Tyneside.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe poor bloke had come up to the North East to get away from issues down there,\u201d retired Chief Superintendent Neil Adamson said in an interview with Chronicle Live<\/a> on the 10th anniversary of Moat\u2019s shooting spree.<\/p>\n \u201cHe had gone out knocking on doors to drum up some interest in karate classes, and that\u2019s how he met Sam [Stobbart]. He started the relationship not knowing the full extent of the issues with Moat.\u201d<\/p>\n Sam had been in a bullying and controlling relationship with Moat for six years, and had a three-year-old daughter with him. She had ended things when Moat was in prison, serving an 18-month sentence for assaulting a child. She also told him about her new relationship with Chris, but to keep Moat away Sam lied and told him that Chris was a Northumbria police officer.<\/p>\n Moat was released from prison on 1st July, 2010, and two days later he tracked Sam down to a house in Gateshead where she was staying with Chris.<\/p>\n As reported by Chronicle Live, Moat lay in wait close to the house, listening to the couple through an open window.<\/p>\n \u201cMoat sat under that window for an hour and he was listening to Sam and Christopher and they were talking about him,\u201d Adamson said. \u201cI think it was clear Christopher had been told there might be a confrontation at some stage. But never for one minute did he think Moat would be waiting for him with a sawn-off shotgun.\u201d<\/p>\n As Sam and Chris left the house in the early hours of 3rd July, Moat fired his gun, shooting Chris twice. He then reloaded and fired again, shooting Sam through the window of the house she had run back into. Sam survived, but Chris was killed.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I think back to that week, I always think of Christopher,\u201d Adamson continued. \u201cHe was assassinated as he came out of a house, but poor Christopher was the forgotten victim. People always think of Moat, then Samantha and David [police officer David Rathband, who Moat also shot while on the run] first.\u201d<\/p>\n At the time of the shooting, local residents spoke to reporters about their shock. One neighbour told the Northern Echo<\/a>\u00a0that she saw Moat fire through the living room window at Sam.<\/p>\n \u201cThe man shot through the window and shot the girl,\u201d they said. \u201cI saw a figure of a man with a handgun. It\u2019s all very shocking as there are a lot of old age pensioners around here and you don\u2019t expect this to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n In a 2020 documentary, Manhunt: The Raoul Moat Story, Chris\u2019s mum Sally talked about the moment she learned what had happened to her son (via Daily Mirror<\/a>).<\/p>\n \u201cWe were going to a birthday party that afternoon on the estate where we live and the police pulled up,\u201d she remembered.<\/p>\n \u201cAs they\u2019ve got out the car, we said, \u2018Oh God, you know, someone\u2019s in trouble.\u2019 Then they\u2019ve come over to us and asked for me. Well, that was it. That\u2019s when the ground opened, basically. I really can\u2019t remember much after that. It was just\u2026 a blur.\u201d<\/p>\n Chris\u2019s sister Beckie didn\u2019t believe the news that her brother had been killed. \u201cI\u2019d told them that they\u2019d got it wrong, they need to go double check and it wasn\u2019t until they\u2019d mentioned a tattoo that he had on his shoulder, that\u2019s when reality kicked in,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Hundreds of mourners turned out for Chris\u2019s funeral on 6th August, 2010, with all those attending wearing bright colours at the request of the family.<\/p>\n Police were later criticised for not warning Sam and Chris that Moat was a potential danger to them. On the day Moat was released, he had posted on his Facebook page<\/a>: \u201cJust got out of jail, I\u2019ve lost everything, my business, my property and to top it all off my lass of six years has gone off with someone else. I\u2019m not 21 and I can\u2019t rebuild my life. Watch and see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n However, at an inquest into Moat\u2019s crimes in 2013, Newcastle coroner Terence Carney said he was not satisfied that police failings led to Chris Brown\u2019s death.<\/p>\n He said that although the police and prison service were aware of threats Raoul Moat had made while in prison, the specific risk he posed was not known at the time.<\/p>\n \u201cMy finding is that Christopher Brown was unlawfully killed by Raoul Moat but the precise risk he presented was not known,\u201d Carney said (via BBC News<\/a>).<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not satisfied that the information we have heard and was available was used appropriately. But I\u2019m not satisfied that a failure to use this information has directly caused Christopher Brown\u2019s death or contributed to it.\u201d<\/p>\n Sally Brown, Chris\u2019s mum, released a statement after the inquest. \u201cChristopher\u2019s death has been horrendous for the whole of our family, it has been hell,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cI hope that no one else in the future should have to go through what we have gone through.\u201d<\/p>\n The Hunt for Raoul Moat begins airing on ITV1 at 9pm on Sunday 16th April.\u00a0<\/strong>For more news, interviews and features, visit our\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0hub or find something to watch now with our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>. 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