Chris Kaba: Everything we learnt during Met Police officer Martyn Blake's trial

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00:00In September 2022, Chris Cabber was shot dead by a police marksman.

00:04A jury tried Martin Blake, the officer responsible who pulled the trigger,

00:09and found him not guilty of murder.

00:11And the Cabber family were left devastated by their loss

00:15of a 24-year-old man who was just about to become a father.

00:18It can now be reported that Chris Cabber was a core member

00:22of a violent South London gang.

00:24He had previous convictions for possession of weapons,

00:28for carrying a firearm and for violence.

00:31And he had been linked to two separate shootings

00:35in the days before he was shot dead by the Metropolitan Police Officer.

00:39Details of these shootings can now be revealed

00:42after a High Court judge lifted reporting restrictions.

00:45Cabber was at the centre of a shooting at the Oval Space nightclub in Hackney

00:50and the intended victim, a gang rival, was shot in one of his legs.

00:54As the victim fled into the street,

00:56a man suspected to be Cabber followed, armed with a firearm and fired again.

01:02Chris Cabber would have been put on trial for this shooting,

01:05but he died before the case could come to court.

01:07These new details add to the already high-profile and febrile environment

01:13around the death of Chris Cabber and the trial of Martin Blake.

01:16Following the Blake verdict, CCTV has also been revealed

01:21of the moments just before Chris Cabber was shot dead

01:24and the activities of other officers on the scene.

01:27Blake, during his evidence at the trial, said that he fired his gun

01:32because he feared for the safety of his colleagues.

01:34All of these details add to the public perception of a very controversial trial.

01:40A Metropolitan Police Officer wielding lethal force on the streets of London

01:45and a man shot dead who was entrenched in violence and gang activity.

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