Man shot dead in car by Met officer was not posing threat to life, says prosecution

A Metropolitan police firearms officer may have been "angry, frustrated and annoyed" when he shot a suspect in the head even though he posed no imminent threat, a jury has been told.

- Vikram Dodd

Chris Kaba, 24, was killed on 5 September 2022 in Streatham, south London, after a bullet was fired through the window of the car he was driving by the police marksman Martyn Blake, 40, who denies murder.

Kaba was followed by police while driving an Audi car, with the vehicle suspected of potential involvement in a firearms incident the night before. Armed officers stopped and surrounded the car, and the jury was told the vehicle made a "concerted attempt" to escape, its wheels at least at one point spinning.

In footage and reconstructions shown to the jury, at least six armed officers had decamped from their cars and were yards from the Audi.