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Metropolitan Police marksman Martyn Blake is on trial at the old Bailey accused of the murder of 24-year-old Chris Kaba in south London A Met Police marksmen on trial for murdering Chris Kaba may have fired the fatal shot after losing his temper when the victim ignored requests by officers to surrender, the Old Bailey has heard. Martyn Blake, 40, shot Mr Kaba, 24, in the head through the front windscreen of an Audi during a ‘hard stop’ in Streatham, southeast London, on September 5, 2022.