Martyn Blake, 40, stood trial at the Old Bailey after shooting the 24-year-old through the front windscreen of an Audi Q8 in Streatham, south-east London, on September 5 2022.
The car had been used as a getaway vehicle in a shooting the previous evening, and was hemmed in by police cars in Kirkstall Gardens after an officer recognised its registration number Mr Kaba drove backwards and forwards trying to ram his way free, which Mr Blake told jurors made him believe one of his colleagues was about to die, and so he opened fire to stop the car
After Martyn Blake was cleared, video footage was released showing the events that unfolded on September 5 2022. The Crown Prosecution Service released footage featuring police bodycam video from multiple angles.
In the video police can be seen swarming around Mr Kaba’s car. Two officers can be heard shouting “show me your hands
