You Could Do Something Amazing With Your Life (You are Raoul Moat)Winner of a UK Northern Writers Award. Moat was the fugitive Geordie bodybuilder mechanic who became notorious one hot July week when, after killing his ex girlfriend's new boyfriend, shooting her in the stomach, and blinding a policeman, he disappeared into the woods of Northumberland. Moat evaded discovery for seven days even after TV tracker Ray Mears was employed by the police to find him. Eventually, cornered by the police, Moat shot himself.