Chris Kaba killing: should it have ever gone to trial?

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🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Twenty four hours after a jury cleared sergeant Martyn Blake of all charges relating to the murder of Chris Kaba, the questions have only intensified.

Why did this case ever come to court? What did the CPS know that made them think he’d be found guilty? And how does Chris Kaba’s family now respond to the not guilty verdict?

At the heart of this story is a question of trust that has fallen apart - between the police and the public. Between the senior management and the rank and file and between whether we believe the wheels of justice are driven by evidence or public perception. We speak to a leading investigative journalist, a former director of the CPS, and a Gold firearmers commander in the Met.

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0:00.0	The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity.
0:08.1	This is a global player original podcast.
0:12.0	Go on, go, go, go.
0:15.1	Police!
0:16.4	Show me your hands!
0:17.4	Come me your hands!
0:36.0	Take yourself. Go! Go ahead! Stop! Fire! That was the moment that Martin Blake, a police officer,
0:40.3	shot one single bullet from his semi-automatic gun into the head of Chris Cabber, who he feared was going to ram his way out of a hard stop in Streatham in South London.
0:49.6	That was in September 22.
0:52.5	This week, the police officer was unanimously cleared of murdering an unarmed man.
0:58.8	It was highly unusual for a murder charge to be brought against the serving police officer in a
1:05.8	context like that. The verdict has deeply upset Chris Cababa's family, but that it was ever brought to trial
1:16.2	has infuriated so many police officers up and down the country. So what are the rights and the
1:23.7	wrongs of this case? Welcome to the newsagents.
1:31.8	The Newsagents.
1:32.8	It's John.
1:33.3	It's Emily.
1:41.0	And if you look at the newspapers this morning, following the verdict in the case of Chris Kavis shooting by an armed police officer. I mean, it really is a case of
1:45.1	you pays your money and you takes your choice. Metro, gun cop cleared of murder. The Daily Telegraph,
1:52.0	why was police hero charged? Ask MPs. The Guardian, met officer cleared of murder after shooting
1:59.8	unarmed driver in head. Well, the Times goes down the
2:03.4	middle and says anger on all sides as Met Officer cleared of murder. Yeah, well, last night we had
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