Credit: Independent Office for Police Conduct The police officer found not guilty of murdering Chris Kaba, the violent gangster, could still face the sack for gross misconduct. Jurors at the Old Bailey took just three hours to clear Sgt Martyn Blake on Monday following a three-week trial over the shooting of Kaba.

A police officer has been cleared of murdering a man he shot in the head in south London two years ago. Martyn Blake, 40, shot Chris Kaba, who was unarmed, during a police vehicle stop in Streatham in September 2022.

Martyn Blake, 40, faced a trial at the Old Bailey after fatally shooting the 24-year-old in Streatham, south-east London, on September 5 2022.