Officer Blake: Gangster

The Trial

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4.2 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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The jury have returned a Not Guilty verdict for firearms officer Martyn Blake. But what of Chris Kaba, the man he shot? In this episode we delve into the 24 year old’s criminal past which we weren't allowed to report during the trial. Kaba was a member of one of South London’s most notorious and dangerous county lines drug gangs. His convictions date to when he was just 13 years old. Had he not died from the bullet fired by Martyn Blake he would have been standing trial for attempted murder himself for a shooting in a nightclub in Hackney. Rebecca Camber, the Daily Mail’s Crime and Security Editor joins Caroline to unpack the details. Follow us on instagram @thetrialpod Email us [email protected] Whatsapp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Caroline Cheetham Guest: Rebecca Camber Editor: Chelsey Moore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Executive Producer: Lucy Vallance A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Seriously popular.
0:05.0	Welcome to the trial of Officer Blake. I'm Caroline Sheatum and we'll be back in just a minute. Again, there are no winners or no losers. The sad fact is that the young man has
0:27.6	designed. The not guilty verdict leads us with the deep pain of injustice adding to the unbearable sorrow.
0:34.0	The acquittal of Martin Blake isn't just a failure for our family, but for all those affected
0:38.4	by police violence.
0:40.0	He said he was filled with dread.
0:42.1	He thought that one of his colleagues was about to die
0:45.5	and Martin Blake has been acquitted of murder and is a free man. In September 2022,
0:54.5	2022, Chris Cabot was driving a car in Stretin, South London when he was shot in a Met police operation.
1:01.5	He died from a single gunshot wound. A firearms officer
1:05.6	later named as Sergeant Martin Blake was put on trial for murder. The jury
1:10.5	took just three hours to find him was controversial and it led to hundreds of
1:17.6	met police officers giving up their permits to carry weapons.
1:21.7	Questions are now being asked about why Martin Blake was ever charged, why he was named, and what this might mean now for firearms officers.
1:30.0	The Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has also said the system holding police to account is broken.
1:36.0	I'm Caroline Cheetham and with my colleague George Oddling will be bringing you the latest after this historic court case. This is the trial of Officer Blake.
1:47.0	Yesterday we brought you the news that Martin Blake, a firearms officer with the Met police, had been cleared of murder.
1:56.3	He was put on trial after he shot Chris Caber dead during an operation in Streatham in South London.
2:02.6	Now we've heard a lot about Martin Blake during this trial,
2:06.0	that he was an experienced officer.
2:08.1	He was calm, measured, a university-educated family man,
2:11.9	we were told, who felt his colleagues were in grave danger when
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