Prosecutors have told the Old Bailey that the moment a police marksman opened fire, fatally shooting Chris Kaba – there had been no imminent danger to officers surrounding his car. Martyn Blake ...
His father, Prosper Kaba, looked straight ahead as he arrived for court proceedings, alongside two other family members. Temi Mwale, Sheeda Queen and Kayza Rose, friends of the Kaba family who ...
A firearms officer who raised his gun at the same time as a colleague who shot Chris Kaba dead during a police vehicle stop feared he would be run over and killed, a jury has been told.
The police marksman who killed Chris Kaba was “calm and collected” and had “sound” judgment, according to a senior colleague. On Thursday, a Tactical Firearms Commander (TFC), referred to ...
A police marksman shot Chris Kaba dead believing “one or many” officers could be killed as the suspect attempted to escape at “any cost”, a court has heard.Martyn Blake, 40, shot the 24 ...
A police marksman may have been "angry, frustrated and annoyed" when he shot Chris Kaba dead after he tried to escape, a court has heard. Martyn Blake, 40, is on trial at the Old Bailey ...
An armed police officer had ‘a genuine held belief’ that he and his colleagues would be killed if he didn’t shoot Chris Kaba in South London, a court has heard. The 24-year-old Black man was shot ...
Chis Kaba died after he was shot once in the head through the windscreen of an Audi in Streatham, south London while he had both hands on the steering wheel, a court heard today. Opening the case ...
A Metropolitan Police firearms officer may have been “angry, frustrated and annoyed” when he shot Chris Kaba in the head through the windscreen of a car, a court has heard. The Old Bailey ...
There was ‘no justification’ for a police officer to shoot and kill Chris Kaba in South London two years ago, a court has heard. Martyn Blake, 40, a firearms officer with the Metropolitan Police, ...