Heartache of shot Pc's widow

Eilisa Broadhurst says she still talks to her husband at home

The widow of Pc Ian Broadhurst who was shot and killed while on duty on Boxing Day has said "I keep expecting him to come home".

Eilisa Broadhurst described how she is facing up to life without her husband after he was shot as he investigated a suspicious vehicle in Leeds.

She told the Daily Mail she keeps his police helmet on the TV at their home in Birkenshaw as a constant reminder.

"A week after it happened I dreamt he had come back," she told the paper.

"He was sitting on a sofa in the corner of the room and he said 'the police have got it wrong. I'm not dead at all.'"

Guard of honour

Mrs Broadhurst, 25, said the couple married two years ago and dreamed of having children but she had wanted to wait so they could enjoy some time together first.

She said she has hardly left their terraced home since her husband's death, saying she feels a "presence" there.

Her parents, Martin and Pat Glen, came to live with her from their home near Glasgow on Boxing Day and have been by her side ever since.

A 35-year-old American has been charged with Pc Broadhurst's murder

Ten days ago she led the mourners at 34-year-old husband's funeral where hundreds of police officers lined the streets of Leeds in a guard of honour.

Among those paying their respects were Pc Neil Roper, 45, and Pc James Banks, 26, who both survived the shooting incident which left him dead.

Mrs Broadhurst told the paper her husband had worked on Christmas Day and enjoyed a quiet evening with one of his best police friends and his girlfriend who told them they were planning to marry.

It was the same friend who returned the next day to break the tragic news to Mrs Broadhurst.

American David Bieber, 35, has been charged with Mr Broadhurst's murder and the attempted murder of Pcs Roper and Banks.