70 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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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 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 Met Police marksman Martyn Blake 'likely to face gross misconduct charges' for shooting dead Chris Kaba despite being cleared of murder

MailOnline revealed today that Met firearms officer Martyn Blake is still unable to return to work because the threat of a police watchdog misconduct hearing hangs over him.

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10 hours ago Chris Kaba shooting: CCTV captures moment he gunned down rival gang member

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Chris Kaba, 24, was shot dead by Met Police marksman Martyn Blake in east London just six days after he gunned down a rival gang member in a nightclub

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11 hours ago Chris Kaba was 'core gang member' who 'shot rival in nightclub' days before he was killed by police

Details of Chris Kaba’s criminal past have been revealed

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12 hours ago Chris Kaba was one of London's most feared gangsters who shot rival at nightclub and had a history of violence

Martyn Blake is having to live in hiding, fearing for his life and his family after a £10,000 reward was offered to anyone prepared to kill him in revenge for the death of Chris Kaba in South London in 2022.

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12 hours ago Chris Kaba was one of London's most feared gangsters who 'shot rival at nightclub' and had a history of violence

Martyn Blake is having to live in hiding, fearing for his life and his family after a £10,000 reward was offered to anyone prepared to kill him in revenge for the death of Chris Kaba in South London in 2022.

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