Streatham News

Pity the poor people of Streatham (and Croydon North), who this morning discovered that they have elected as their MP – effectively given him a job for life – someone who thinks ignorance is some kind of acceptable excuse for a government minister.

Chris Kaba was a 'core member' in the notorious '67' South London gang and a drill rapper who bragged on camera about knifing rivals, MailOnline can reveal today.

Neither the 24-year-old rapper’s gang history nor his criminal record was revealed in the trial of firearms officer Sergeant Martyn Blake after a senior judge ruled it had no bearing on the issues for jurors to decide.

The police officer who fatally shot Chris Kaba now reportedly has a "price on his head." Sergeant Martyn Blake, 40, was cleared of murder charges on Monday afternoon.

Kaba case traumatising, say black community leaders

Black communities in south London are really traumatised and feel they have been denied justice after a police officer was cleared of murdering Chris Kaba, community leaders have said.

A Met Police marksman who was cleared of the murder of Chris Kaba has gone into hiding after a £10,000 bounty was put on his head.

One thing that the not-guilty verdict, delivered by an Old Bailey jury yesterday in the controversial case of the police shooting of Chris Kaba, failed to provide was any clarity.

Rail passengers in South London are being warned again to plan ahead as Network Rail brings an upgraded signalling system online over seven days.

Chris Kaba, the man shot dead by a police firearms officer in south London, was named as the gunman in a nightclub shooting days before he died, it can now be reported.

Mr Kaba was shot in the head during an armed vehicle stop in Streatham on 5 September 2022.

This is the moment a man thought to be Chris Kaba shot a rival in a crowded nightclub in east London, before chasing him down and shooting him again.