Sergeant Martyn Blake will have to "leave his role" within the force despite being acquitted for the murder of Chris Kaba, an ex-police officer has claimed. Following Blake's acquittal, questions have been raised as to why the sergeant was publicly named before a verdict had been reached.

On Monday, officer Martyn Blake was cleared of the murdering Chris Kaba after he shot him dead in Streatham, South London, in September 2022.

A former police commissioner has labelled the decision to name police marksman Martyn Blake in the trial of Chris Kaba's shooting as "wrong", adding that it should "absolutely should not have happened".

After the jury returned their verdict clearing Sgt Blake of murder, Mr Justice Goss lifted a court order, allowing the media to report on Mr Kaba's involvement in multiple shootings across London as part of the notorious Brixton Hill-based 67 gang.

Police will be granted anonymity in court if they are charged over a fatal police shooting in measures announced in the wake an outcry over the Chris Kaba murder trial. Home secretary Yvette Cooper unveiled plans for firearms officers facing criminal proceedings over police shootings to be granted a presumption of anonymity up until the point of a conviction.

A former Met Police marksman, who was cleared of the murder of a suspected armed robber, has said the case against Martyn Blake was "a farce from start to finish". Mr Blake, 40, shot Chris Kaba in the forehead during a police vehicle stop in Streatham,