Officer Blake: Not Guilty

The Trial

Daily Mail

True Crime

4.2 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Sgt Martyn Blake of the Metropolitan Police has been found Not Guilty of the murder of Chris Kaba. Join Caroline Cheetham and George Odling with the very latest from The Old Bailey as the jury reach their verdict in this historic case. In September of 2022, a 24 year old was shot through his car windscreen by a Metropolitan Police firearms officer. Chris Kaba died in hospital that night and Martyn Blake was put on trial for his murder. The CPS’s decision to prosecute led to over 300 officers handing in their gun permits. In this episode we chart the jury’s path to returning the not guilty verdict and speak to former Chief Crown Prosecutor Nazir Afzal, about how decisions to charge are made. Welcome to Episode 5: Not Guilty Follow us on instagram @thetrialpod Email us [email protected] Whatsapp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Caroline Cheetham and George Odling Guest: Nazir Afzal 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 Cheetham.
0:09.0	And I'm George Olling.
0:10.0	We'll be back in a second. Again, there are no winners or no losers.
0:25.0	The sad fact is that the young man has lost his eyes.
0:29.0	The not guilty verdict leaves us with the deep pain of injustice adding to the unbearable sorrow.
0:34.7	The acquittal of Martin Blake isn't just a failure for our family, but for all those
0:38.6	affected by police violence.
0:40.8	He said he was filled with dread he thought that one of his colleagues was about to
0:46.0	die Martin Blake has been acquitted of murder and is a free man.
1:01.2	In September 2022, Chris Cabo was driving a car in Stretum in South London when he was shot in a met police operation.
1:03.0	He died from a single gunshot wound.
1:05.0	The man accused of firing that shot
1:08.0	was a firearms officer, cod named
1:10.0	NX 121.
1:12.0	He was charged and later named as Martin Blake.
1:15.0	The decision to name him was controversial and it led to hundreds of met police officers giving up their permits to carry weapons.
1:22.0	He's now on trial in court 11 at the old Bailey, accused of murder.
1:27.0	He denies the charge. I'm Caroline Cheetham and with my colleague George Odling will be in court to bring you the details from the trial.
1:35.0	This is the trial of Officer Blake. In the last few minutes a jury at the old Bailey have cleared a Metropolitan Police
1:48.3	Firearms Officer of Murder. They took just three hours to decide that when Martin Blake pulled the trigger and fired
1:55.8	through the windscreen of an Audi Q8 hitting the driver through the head, he acted lawfully.
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