The Critic

On 21 October, the police officer Sergeant Martyn Blake was acquitted of the murder of Chris Kaba at the Central Criminal Court. Blake had been charged after taking part in a firearms operation in Streatham on 5 September 2022. The police pursued an Audi Q8, which had been linked to a gun offence the previous evening. They did not know the identity of the person driving the vehicle. When Kaba resisted arrest and rammed cars blocking him, Blake discharged his Sig Sauer MCX 5.56 rifle. Kaba was killed by a shot to the head.