Marksman who fatally shot man faced ‘decade of legal madness’ – Sir Mark Rowley - video Dailymotion

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Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has said a firearms officer who fatally shot a man during a foiled prison break had endured a “decade of legal madness”, after his misconduct hearing was discontinued.

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00:00In December 2015, Jermaine Baker from Tottenham was shot at close range by counter-terrorism

00:12specialist firearms officer known only as W-80, who thought he was reaching for a gun.

00:19Mr Baker, who was sitting in the front passenger seat of a stolen Audi A6, was unarmed and

00:26an imitation firearm was later found in the back of the car.

00:31The misconduct proceedings involving W-80 began last week after years of legal battles

00:39over the case in which he was accused of breaching professional standards over the use of force.

00:48Prosecutors said in 2017 that there was insufficient evidence to bring criminal charges over the

00:56shooting, but a police watchdog directed that the officer should face misconduct proceedings.

01:04The hearing was thrown out on Wednesday and Sir Mark Rowley said in a recent one-to-one meeting

01:13with W-80, he was left both upset and angry to see the effect of this decade of what he

01:20described as legal madness has had on him and his family.

01:25Margaret Smith, the mother of Mr Baker, said the decision to discontinue the misconduct

01:32hearing was no surprise whatsoever, adding there was no justification for her son's death.

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Marksman who fatally shot man faced ‘decade of legal madness’ – Sir Mark Rowley

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