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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Footage has been released showing police cars following Chris Kaba shortly before he was shot dead by a Scotland Yard marksman. Martyn Blake, 40, is currently on trial for the murder of the 24 ...
Chris Kaba, 24, was killed by a single gunshot following a pursuit in Streatham, South London, on September 5, 2022. He had been trying to escape a police "hard stop" in his Audi when firearms ...