An armed police officer claimed Chris Kaba used his car as a weapon in a bid "to escape at any cost" and that he shot him fearing "one or many of my colleagues could be killed," a court has heard. ...

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 ...

Martyn Blake, 40, is facing trial for the killing of 24-year-old Chris Kaba on September 6, 2022. Mr Kaba died after being shot once in the head through the windscreen of an Audi car in Streatham ...

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.

Chris Kaba, 24, was driving an Audi Q8 - which had been linked to a shotgun incident the night before - when firearms officers began following his vehicle, jurors were told. A tactical firearms ...

The fatal shooting of Chris Kaba by a police officer was not justified by the risk faced by the marksman or his colleagues, a ...

The armed Met police officer who shot Chris Kaba in the head intended to kill him and neither he or his colleagues were in any danger at the time, a court heard today. The trial of Martyn Blake ...

A Metropolitan Police firearms officer’s account of the moment he shot Chris Kaba during a police stop was suggested to be “false” in some parts and “exaggerated” in others, a court heard.

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 ...

Chris Kaba was driving and on the phone to his friend Elisha Fizul while he was being tailed by an unmarked police car, ...