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The police marksman on trial for killing Chris Kaba was no “RoboCop” with the “nanosecond” reactions of a computer, a court has heard. Metropolitan Police officer Martyn Blake shot 24-year-old Mr Kaba in the head through the windscreen of an Audi Q8 which had been linked to a shotgun incident the night before.
The police officer who shot and killed Chris Kaba gave evidence to the murder trial at the Old Bailey last week. Martyn Blake killed Chris, an unarmed black man, on 5 September 2022 in Streatham ...
Metropolitan Police firearms officer Martyn Blake, who is charged with the murder of Chris Kaba in September 2022, has told a jury he pulled the trigger because he thought one of his colleagues ...
14 October 2024, 14:28. The 24-year-old was shot through a windscreen by Martyn Blake, now 40, on September 5, 2022. Picture: PA. By Henry Moore. The police officer who shot Chris Kaba has told jurors he thought there was an "imminent risk" to his colleague's life when he opened fire.
Martyn Blake, who denies murder, gives evidence for the first time at his Old Bailey trial and tells the jury he thought there was an "imminent threat to life" when he shot Mr Kaba. Monday 14 ...
The police officer who shot Chris Kaba has told a jury he did not intend to kill him when he opened fire. Martyn Blake, 40, ... Mr Blake is accused of murder, which he denies.
Watch the latest from ITV News - Martyn Blake said he was "filled with dread" as the Audi Mr Kaba was driving was surrounded by police officers and thought there was "imminent threat to life".
