The Met Police Officer accused of murdering Chris Kaba has been named for the first time.
Martyn Blake, 40, has been named as the officer who shot the 24-year-old in the head through the windscreen of a car in Streatham, south London, in September 2022.
On the day of the shooting, Kaba was driving an Audi that did not belong to him and collided with a marked police car, before he was shot.
The officer was initially identified only as NX121, but Recorder of London Mark Lucraft KC ruled that naming him, as is normal practice in criminal cases involving adult defendants, posed no real or immediate risk to his life or that of his family.
Members of Kaba’s family were in court at the Old Bailey on Friday as the officer was publicly named for the first time.
Appearing in the dock, Blake spoke to confirm his name and date of birth, and pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder.
He is due to face trial on October 2.
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