Aberdeen businessman behind robbery where police officer was shot dead is jailed for 40 years

The mastermind of an armed robbery that ended in a police officer being shot dead has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 40 years.

Pc Sharon Beshenivsky’s family watched from court as Aberdeen businessman Piran Ditta Khan was sentenced after almost 20 years.

The 75-year-old, who lived in Scotland for 20 years and ran a chain of…