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The Independent UK
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William Warnes

Mother of custody officer’s killer ‘concerned’ about ‘unstable’ son in prison

Louis De Zoysa was found guilty at Northampton Crown Court of murdering Metropolitan Police officer Matt Ratana, who was shot in the chest inside a custody block in Croydon (Metropolitan Police/PA) - (PA Media)

The mother of Louis De Zoysa, who is serving a whole life order in HMP Belmarsh for murdering custody sergeant Matt Ratana in 2020, has said she is “very concerned” about her son who is struggling to “cope with the prison system”.

Sgt Ratana, 54, who was attached to the Metropolitan Police, was murdered in the early hours of September 25 2020 by De Zoysa, who opened fire with an antique revolver at a Croydon custody suite in south London.

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