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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Cooper

Jury goes out in trial of gunman accused of murdering police custody sergeant

PA Wire

A jury has retired to consider its verdict on a gunman accused of murdering a Metropolitan Police sergeant using an antique revolver smuggled into a south London custody centre.

Lawyers acting for Louis De Zoysa, who claims he did not mean to shoot Sgt Matt Ratana, have argued the 25-year-old has a partial defence of diminished responsibility due to an “autistic meltdown”.

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