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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Matthew Cooper

Killer of Met custody sergeant ‘thinking clearly’ before shooting, jury told

PA Wire

A gunman who shot dead a police custody sergeant in a holding cell was “thinking ahead” and does not have a defence of diminished responsibility, a consultant forensic psychiatrist has told a murder trial.

Dr Nigel Blackwood told jurors trying Louis De Zoysa that the 25-year-old had “demonstrated a clear ability to control his actions” when he shot Met Police officer Matt Ratana.

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