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Martyn Blake named as police officer charged with murdering Chris Kaba
Chris Kaba's cousin Jefferson Bosela reads a statement outside Inner South London Coroner's Court, alongside Chris's parents Prosper Kaba (left) and Helen Lumuanganu after the inquest into his death, October 4, 2022

THE Metropolitan Police officer charged with murdering Chris Kaba was publicly named today after a judge lifted an anonymity order. 

Martyn Blake, 40, shot the 24-year-old black man while he was in a car in Streatham, south London, on September 6 2022.

Mr Kaba had been followed by an unmarked police car with no lights or siren.

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