But Tom Little KC told the court he did not accept that and argued the car Mr Kaba was in was not a threat: “The reality was that the vehicle was not being driven at you or at great speed.”
Mr Little said the “supersonic” bullet, that travels at 800 metres per second, hit Mr Kaba in the head.
He said: “I suggest to you that’s where you were aiming.”
Mr Blake replied: “No.”
Mr Little said: “Discharge of a firearm towards the central body mass of an individual is almost inevitably going to kill them.”
The marksman replied: “It does depend… it’s a possibility, I accepted that at the time, but I felt that the threat to my colleagues was such that I had to take that action at the time.”
Mr Kaba was soon to be a father and died from a single gunshot head wound.
Before he was killed, his car was being followed because the vehicle had been linked to a shooting in Brixton the night before.
The trial continues.
