3 hours 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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4 hours 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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11 hours ago Chaotic court scenes as legal argument raged before Chris Kaba verdict

Journalists had wanted to tell the full facts behind the fatal shooting of unarmed Chris Kaba but were prevented by a raft of reporting restrictions.

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12 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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14 hours ago Man shot dead by police was 'core member' of gang 'linked to shootings'

Chris Kaba's links to criminal gangs can now be fully reported following the conclusion of the trial surrounding his death

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14 hours ago Chris Kaba's friend reveals she spoke to him on phone minutes before he was shot dead

Elisha Fizul, a friend of Chris Kaba, has revealed an important phone call that she had with the 24-year-old rapper moments before he was shot dead by police in south London

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15 hours ago Chris Kaba tried to gun down rival days before he was shot by police and was 'core member' of gang

Chris Kaba was seen shooting Brandon Malutshi at point-blank range in a nightclub just six days before he was shot dead by Metropolitan Police marksman Martyn Blake

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16 hours ago Woman found dead on Welsh beach is named as police continue to investigate

The body of Patricia Whittaker, of Abergele, was discovered on the beach at Pensarn near Towyn earlier this month

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16 hours ago Young woman found dead at home and boy, 16, arrested as police launch murder probe

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a young woman, believed to be in her late teens, was found at a property in Bristol and pronounced dead

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