The policewoman who survived the shooting which killed colleague Sharon Beshenivsky was comforted by tearful fellow officers as they marked the first anniversary of the tragedy.

PC Beshenivsky, 38, was killed as she responded to an alarm call at the Universal Express travel agency in Morley Street, Bradford, on November 18 last year. Her colleague, PC Teresa Milburn, was seriously injured in the same incident but survived.

On Saturday, at the exact same time the shooting had occurred a year before, PC Milburn, PC Beshenivsky's husband Paul, family members and colleagues attended the unveiling of a stone dedicated to her name in the memorial garden in Centenary Square, Bradford.

Mr Beshenivsky placed flowers to his late wife at the foot of the monument after police buglers brought a tear to bystanders' eyes with a rendition of the Last Post.

PC Milburn was hugged by other officers and throughout the 15-minute service she stood stood solemn-faced.

The Dean of Bradford, the Right Reverend David Ison, led a short service during which prayers were said in PC Beshenivsky's memory.

At one point, PC Milburn and colleagues had to support each other as the emotions of the occasion became too much.

The service also remembered Sergeant Michael Hawcroft, fatally stabbed while on duty in Bradford 25 years ago.

Mr Ison said: "A year ago PC Beshenivsky was shot while in the process of carrying out her ordinary duties - an event which devastated the lives of those around her and many more throughout the city.

"We meet today to honour her memory and the way that in death, as in her life, she has inspired others.

"We meet also to mark the commitment and courage of Sergeant Michael Hawcroft and we come to pray for both their families - changed forever by violence and loss."

Officers and staff from Bradford South Division, which PC Beshenivsky served with distinction, were joined at the ceremony by civic representatives and members of the public.

Divisional commander for Bradford South, Chief Superintendent Sarah Brown, said: "Although it is a year since the incident in which Sharon was killed, she is still very much in all of our thoughts. It is important that we mark the anniversary, not only for Sharon's family and members of the police family, but also for all the people of the city who were as shocked and saddened as we all were by the news of her death."

The memorial stone to PC Beshenivsky, who was a police community support officer (PCSO) before she became a police officer, reads: "In memory of Police Constable 6410 Sharon Beshenivsky, formerly PCSO 268, West Yorkshire Police, who gave her life in the execution of her duty at Morley Street, Bradford, on the 18th day of November 2005. This memorial was laid by friends and colleagues of the West Yorkshire Police, 2006."

The stone previously placed in the memorial garden in Sgt Hawcroft's name was restored for Saturday's service. Sgt Hawcroft was stabbed to death after he spotted two youths trying to steal a car in Lockwood Street, Low Moor, on March 12, 1981.

John Long, 17, of Wyke, was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court in October 1981 to be detained at Her Majesty's pleasure after he was convicted of Sgt Hawcroft's murder and the wounding of his patrol colleague, Inspector James Newsham.

In April 1983, Sgt Hawcroft was posthumously awarded the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct and Insp Newsham received a medal for gallantry.

l Yusuf Abdillh Jamma, 20, of Small Heath, Birmingham, Raza Ul-Haq Aslam, 25, of Kentish Town, London, and brothers Faisal Razzaq, 25, and Hassan Razzaq, 26, both of Forest Gate, London, have entered not guilty pleas to PC Beshenivsky's murder during a trial at Newcastle Crown Court.

Aslam and the Razzaq brothers deny robbery but Jamma has admitted the same charge. Aslam, the Razzaq brothers and Jamma have entered not guilty pleas to firearms offences though Jamma admits two charges of possessing a prohibited weapon. Muzzaker Imtiaz Shah, 25, of London, admits murder, robbery, two charges of possessing a prohibited weapon and two charges of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life. He has been acquitted of the attempted murder of PC Teresa Milburn. The trial continues.

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