Chris Kaba gang behind 10 London shootings this year, says Met chief
The TelegraphSpeaking at a plenary meeting of the London Assembly, Sir Mark said it was regrettable that Kaba had lost his life, but added that he had died because of the choices he had made when he was stopped by armed police. “I wish, and I know that Martyn Blake wishes, that Chris Kaba’s behaviour hadn’t caused the confrontation it did on that night and he had spent the next 10 or 20-years in prison. Everyone would have wished that was the answer, but Chris Kaba made some choices that led to Martyn Blake feeling he had no choice but to do what he did.” Sgt Blake was charged with murdering Kaba but cleared by a jury after a trial at the Old Bailey. It has since emerged that after Kaba’s death, gang members placed a £10,000 bounty on the head of Sgt Blake.
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