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Margaret Davis

Met marksman faces misconduct hearing for 2015 shooting of unarmed man

A firearms officer fatally shot a 28-year-old during a foiled prison break, despite being able to see his empty hand and no sign of a weapon, a misconduct hearing has been told.

The officer, known only as W80, shot Jermaine Baker, from Tottenham, as police stopped a plot to snatch two prisoners from a van near Wood Green Crown Court in December 2015.

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