Firearms officers facing trial over police shootings to remain anonymous in wake of Chris Kaba case

Firearms officers connected proceedings implicit constabulary shootings volition not beryllium named during transgression proceedings, the location caput has announced.

Yvette Cooper made the announcement aft constabulary marksman Martyn Blake was cleared by a assemblage connected Monday of the execution of Chris Kaba successful Streatham, southbound London, successful September 2022.

Mr Blake, 40, fired a azygous slug done the windscreen of the Audi Q8 that 24-year-old Kaba was driving arsenic equipped officers surrounded the car portion helium tried to escape.

The Metropolitan Police firearms serviceman was named for the archetypal clip successful March this twelvemonth arsenic a justice lifted an anonymity bid aft media organisations challenged the ineligible exertion to support his identity.

Before that, helium had been known by the codename NX121 aft threats were made against him.

Ms Cooper said officers volition present stay anonymous until they are convicted.

She said the ruling volition beryllium portion of an upcoming transgression and policing bill.

She told the House of Commons: "When officers enactment successful the astir unsafe situations connected behalf of the authorities it is captious that those officers and their families are not enactment successful further information during immoderate consequent ineligible proceedings, truthful we volition truthful present a presumption of anonymity for firearms officers taxable to transgression proceedings pursuing a constabulary shooting successful the people of their nonrecreational duties, up to the constituent of conviction."

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