The Latest Breaking News from Chris Kaba

The choice to name Sergeant Martyn Blake – the police officer who took the fatal shot which killed Chris Kaba – has placed him and his family in intolerable danger.

This week a jury acquitted Sergeant Martyn Blake of Chris Kaba’s killing. In the days since, the press have predictably characterised Kaba as a criminal, in attempts to validate his killing. Reports fail to mention that Blake did not know who was in the car when he shot a visibly…

Martyn Blake, 40, was cleared of the murder of Chris Kaba and there is reported to be a price on his head following the acquittal

Home secretary says new rules in England and Wales will mean armed officers stay anonymous unless convicted

Scotland Yard boss Sir Mark Rowley believes the current accountability system is ‘broken’

Sgt Martyn Blake was found not guilty of murdering Chris Kaba in a car stop in Streatham

The home secretary is expected to make a Commons statement on Wednesday

Environment Secretary Steve Reed stressed he understood concerns in communities about Mr Kaba’s death

In today’s newsletter: With a sentencing review ordered and the crisis in the criminal justice system deepening, the government is tasked with finding solutions to what seems like an intractable problem