Jermaine Baker lawfully shot dead by Met officer, inquiry rules

Jermaine Baker was in the front seat of a car in Wood Green, north London, when he was shot. Photograph: Family handout/PA

A firearms officer acted lawfully in shooting dead Jermaine Baker, an unarmed man who was trying to spring a prisoner from custody, an inquiry concluded, but criticised the Metropolitan police for 24 failings.

In what was described as a “loud wake-up to a [soon to be] newly appointed commissioner”, the inquiry criticised a lack of police meeting notes as “indicative of a widespread and arrogant attitude towards compliance and formality and of a failure to appreciate the importance of accountability and maintaining an audit trail”.