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Cop who shot Azelle Rodney to stand trial

THE cop who gunned down a man during a police stop will stand trial — nine years after shooting dead Azelle Rodney, the Crown Prosecution Service announced yesterday.

Mr Rodney’s mother Susan Alexander expressed relief that the CPS had finally decided there was enough evidence to try the officer, known only as E7, who fired the fatal shots.

She said: “I am very pleased at the CPS’s decision to prosecute the officer who killed my son.

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