Armed Met officers refuse to carry guns after colleague charged with murder of Chris Kaba. Officers ‘have had enough and say it’s not worth it any more’ to run the risk of facing charges.

Metropolitan Police firearms officers have been handing in their weapons after a force marksman was charged with the murder of Chris Kaba.

Mr Kaba, 24, died in Streatham Hill, southeast London, in September last year after he was shot through an Audi windscreen.

The officer accused of his murder, named only as NX121 after an anonymity order was granted by a district judge, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court and the Old Bailey on Thursday.

Earlier it was reported Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley met with 70 firearms officers who operate across London following the murder charge saying many of them were "understandably anxious" following the decision.

In the moments before the shooting, Mr Kaba had driven into Kirkstall Gardens and collided with a marked police car. The officer fired one shot and hit Mr Kaba in the head. NX121 was released on bail on the conditions that he lives at a named address, surrenders his passport and does not apply for international travel documents.

A plea and trial preparation hearing will be listed for December 1, with a possible trial date of September 9 next year.

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