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Jury retires in trial of police marksman over fatal shooting of Chris Kaba

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Jury retires in trial of police marksman over fatal shooting of Chris Kaba - Enfield Independent

Metropolitan Police firearms officer Martyn Blake, 40, fatally shot the 24-year-old through the windscreen of an Audi Q8 in Streatham, south London, on September 5 2022.

Hemmed in by marked and unmarked police cars, Mr Kaba drove the Audi backwards and forwards in an attempt to escape, the Old Bailey has heard.

The car had been used as a getaway vehicle in a shooting in nearby Brixton the night before, and was followed when a police officer recognised the number plate.

Officers did not know who was driving the car at the time.

Driver who blamed injured motorcyclist for Streatham crash banned

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Patryk Werkowski, 43, appeared at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (August 16) after he was found guilty of causing serious injury by careless or inconsiderate driving.

The court heard that on July 21 last year the defendant was driving a truck on Streatham High Road when he turned across the path of an oncoming motorbike.

The crash left the motorcyclist with a jaw broken in two places, a cut to his left wrist which required six stitches and cuts to his lip, back, left hand and arm which also required stitches.