Martyn Blake, a firearms officer, is accused of murdering Chris Kaba when he fired through the windscreen of the Audi Q8 the 24-year-old was driving through Streatham in September 2022.

The Runnymede Trust said: “We have deleted our posts in relation to the acquittal of Sgt Martyn Blake for the murder of Chris Kaba. “We accept that the wording and statistics used in our ...

The prosecution of Sgt Martyn Blake for taking the shot which killed Chris Kaba – who days earlier had reportedly shot a rival gang member on a nightclub dance floor – is just the latest ...

A firearms officer who shot and killed a man trying to ram through a police roadblock said he had a “genuine-held belief” that his and his colleagues’ lives were in danger, a court has heard.

The police officer found not guilty of murdering Chris Kaba, the violent gangster, could still face the sack for gross misconduct. Jurors at the Old Bailey took just three hours to clear Sgt ...

The police marksman who killed Chris Kaba was “calm and ... gave evidence in the trial of Martyn Blake for the murder of 24-year-old Mr Kaba on September 5 2022. He had been on duty that night ...

Follow the trial of Metropolitan firearms officer Martyn Blake, who was on trial over the fatal shooting of Chris Kaba in South London. Show more Follow the trial of Metropolitan firearms officer ...

“I wish, and I know that Martyn Blake wishes, that Chris Kaba’s behaviour hadn’t caused the confrontation it did on that night and he had spent the next 10 or 20-years in prison. Everyone ...