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The jury in the trial of the police marksman who shot Chris Kaba dead was blocked by the judge from making a public statement on the case, it has emerged.

Martyn Blake was cleared at the Old Bailey on Monday of murdering the 24-year-old during a police stop in Streatham, South London, on September 5, 2022.

Before the jury delivered its not guilty verdict, members had sent a note to Mr Justice Goss asking for permission to also pass comment but this was denied.

A judge issued a chilling warning to Chris Kaba about his future three years before he was shot by a Met Police marksman.

Mr Kaba was shot dead by firearms officer Martyn Blake on September 5, 2022 following a police chase which saw him try to flee in an Audi Q8.

The fatal incident happened after armed police started tailing the vehicle, which had been used as a getaway car in a gang-related shooting the night before in Brixton, South London.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced firearms officers will have their identities kept secret during criminal trials involving police shootings after an armed sergeant was found not guilty of murdering Chris Kaba.

Sergeant Martyn Blake was acquitted on Monday after shooting dead 24-year-old Mr Kaba in Streatham, south London, but has been forced to flee his home and go into hiding after gangsters put a £10,000 bounty on his head.

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.

The 67, once championed by Tim Westwood and even nominated for a Music of Black Origin (Mobo) Award, are linked to shootings, stabbings and murders - as well as blackmail, extortion and running county lines drugs networks across the Home Counties.

Chris Kaba told a friend the police were behind him minutes before he was shot dead through the windscreen of his car by a firearms officer, a court heard today.

Elisha Fizul called the 24-year-old on WhatsApp 10 minutes before he was killed by Martyn Blake during a police stop in Streatham, south London, the Old Bailey was told.

His last words before they lost contact were 'Lish, one sec, I think there is police behind me', jurors heard.

A colleague of the Met Police officer accused of murdering Chris Kaba has told a court that he was also about to shoot the suspect.

Chris Kaba, 24, was trying to escape police when Martyn Blake, 40, opened fire in Streatham Hill, southwest London, on the evening of September 5, 2022.

Blake is accused of murder after he fired a single shot through the windscreen of Mr Kaba's Audi which had been followed and surrounded by police vehicles.

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A despised Low Traffic Neighbourhood system in south London which left ambulances gridlocked and buses taking two hours to go three miles could be back within days.

The Streatham Wells LTN caused 'chaos' after it was first introduced in October by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan in the hopes of reducing pollution.

A wheelchair user has claimed Eurostar staff prevented her from boarding a service from Paris to London after a 'petty power play'.

Sam Jennings, from Streatham, south London, says she queued for her train at Gare du Nord but was turned away because she did not have a ramp booked, despite her booking a wheelchair space checking in advance if she needed to take any further measures.

A young school boy who has been missing for almost a week has returned home safely.

Peter Antonov, 14, who attends King's College School in Wimbledon, finished classes on Monday before returning home and going out with friends that evening.

He went to Wandsworth Common on Monday and was last seen at approximately 8.30pm boarding the 319 bus which goes from Streatham to Chelsea, passing through Wandsworth.

They are cheap, fast, and not to mention finger-lickin' good, so little wonder fried chicken has grown to become a British staple.

For many, their local fried chicken shop fills them with a 'sense of nostalgia', transporting them back to a memory of where they would go with friends after school, but for others, well they vow never to feed their children such 'rubbish'.

And while some experts say its popular status is due to its affordable prices which target 'deprived areas', others point to its influence through social media and celebrity trends.