Tory leader hopeful Robert Jenrick spoke to ITV News about the prosecution of SGT Martyn Blake for shooting Chris Kaba. Sgt Martyn Blake was found not guilty of murdering Chris Kaba in a car stop in Streatham.
Robert Jenrick said:
Chris Kaba was on a one man crime spree, stabbing and shooting and harming people across London. London is safer without him. I won't mourn his death. What we need to do now is end the farce for Sergeant Blake. This man is a hero.
He needs to be able to get on with his life and return to service if that's what he needs to do. We need to ensure that he is not dragged through the mud anymore, and any suggestion of now having him charged with gross misconduct is put to bed. Firearms officers do an immensely difficult job, dangerous, having to make split second decisions on our behalf. The highest bar should be applied before they are prosecuted. And in this case, it seems clear to me, given the jury reached its judgment so quickly, that he should not have been prosecuted.
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