Police driver relives ‘dramatic’ moments before Chris Kaba was shot by Met firearms officer, court hears

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A police driver revealed he feared his colleague would be run over as he relived the “dramatic” moments before Chris Kaba was shot by a Metropolitan Police marksman, a court heard. The officer, known only by the cypher AY3, told the Old Bailey one of his team had twice “almost been taken under the wheels” of an Audi being driven by Mr Kaba as armed police surrounded the car. Giving evidence on Monday, AY3, the driver of an unmarked police Volvo that was behind the Audi, said he saw an officer known as NX109 go towards the driver’s door of the car. He told the jury: “So my whole perspective and focus was on that side and the officer, because it was a very dramatic scene.” open image in gallery Screengrab from footage shot by police following the Audi being driven by Chris Kaba AY3 went on: “He’s gone forward to the driver’s door, the vehicle, the Audi has driven forward, at which point it looked to me as though NX109 was going to get scooped up by the rear wheels of the Audi.” As AY3 gave evidence and viewed dashcam footage from the Volvo and footage from his own body-worn camera of what happened, he realised that in fact two officers had gone to the driver’s door of the Audi, first NX109 and then NX137.