Met Police Officer Who Shot Chris Kaba Found Not Guilty of Murder

Published on October 21, 2024

Martyn Blake, 40, the Metropolitan Police firearms officer who shot Chris Kaba, 24, in September 2022, has been found not guilty of his murder. The jury deliberated for three hours on Monday before delivering the verdict at the Old Bailey. Standing in the dock, Blake appeared to be briefly overcome with emotion when he heard he had been cleared. In a statement issued by campaign group Inquest, Kaba’s family, who was present in court when the verdict was delivered, said that they are devastated and the not guilty verdict “leaves us with the deep pain of injustice adding to the unbearable sorrow we have felt since Chris was killed.”...

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