68 minutes ago Met Police calls for misconduct hearing against firearms officer Martyn Blake to be abandoned after he was cleared of murder despite shooting dead Chris Kaba 

The police watchdog decided last year that the sergeant should face a separate gross misconduct hearing relating to his 'use of force' after the conclusion of the case.

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69 minutes ago How Diane Abbott raged that Chris Kaba was just 'going about his daily life' when he was shot dead by police... as coked

As protesters gathered outside Scotland Yard screaming accusations of racism after Chris Kaba 's death, Labour MP Diane Abbott was quick to point the finger of blame.

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89 minutes ago Chris Kaba's criminal past revealed as watchdog considers disciplinary proceedings against cop who fatally shot him

Metropolitan Police officer Martyn Blake, 40, was cleared of his murder on Monday after a trial at the Old Bailey

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1 hour ago Met officer who shot Chris Kaba now has a 'price on his head': As gangster criminal past of 24

The police marksman who shot Chris Kaba dead now faces a lifetime under threat. Martyn Blake was this week cleared of murdering the 24-year-old during a police stop two years ago.

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2 hours ago 'Courts did their duty over Chris Kaba as police marksman faced murder charge'

Police marksman Martyn Blake was acquitted of murdering Chris Kaba, who was shot dead in London while sat in a car with his hands on the wheel

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4 hours ago Met making new representations to IOPC over Martyn Blake misconduct hearing

Martyn Blake was cleared of murder after a trial at the Old Bailey, and now the IOPC is reviewing whether he should face disciplinary proceedings.

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4 hours ago Chris Kaba's final moments: Full timeline of events from minute the rapper shot man in a nightclub to police gunning him down just days later

When Chris Kaba's mother hugged her son one evening at her home in Peckham, southeast London, she did not know it would be the last time she ever saw the 24-year-old alive.

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5 hours ago DANIEL HANNAN: The officer who shot Chris Kaba should never have been on trial. But ever since George Floyd, these cases have been skewed by a hypersensitivity when it comes to race

The 'Justice for Chris Kaba' protesters had started from the presumption that a black man killed by the police must be a victim of racism, and reasoned backwards from there.

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6 hours ago Chris Kaba: Judge's chilling prediction about his future before he was shot by cop

Chris Kaba was warned by a judge he could "end up dead" if he didn't change his ways during a 2019 sentencing for a "Wild West" shoot-out in Canning Town, a transcript has revealed

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