Police firearms officer charged with Chris Kaba murder named for the first time

The police marksman charged with murdering Chris Kaba can be named for the first time after a judge lifted an anonymity order.

Metropolitan Police firearms officer Martyn Blake, 40, is facing trial later this year over the fatal shooting of the 24-year-old in Streatham Hill, south London, on 6 September 2022.

He was charged with murder in September last year, but has until now been known as NX121 because his identity was protected by an anonymity order.

Blake appeared in the dock at the Old Bailey today to plead not guilty to the charge.

Judge Mark Lucraft KC ruled his name and date of birth could be reported as doing so posed no immediate risk to the life of the officer or his family, although his home address or any image of him cannot be published.

The order was lifted at today's hearing, where Blake was asked to confirm his name and date of birth.

He is due to face trial on 2 October.

On the day of the shooting, Mr Kaba was driving an Audi that did not belong to him, and turned into Kirstall Gardens where he collided with a marked police car, before he was shot through the windscreen.

Members of his family were in court.

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