The death of Sergeant Matt Ratana acted as a “catalyst” for introducing new search measures in the Metropolitan Police, a deputy assistant commissioner has said.
Louis De Zoysa, 25, was found guilty of killing Sgt Ratana, 54, after shooting him with a hidden revolver, which was not found upon an initial search, while he was handcuffed in a holding room at Croydon’s Windmill Road custody block on September 25 2020.
