Police marksman who shot Chris Kaba dead to protect colleagues is called a 'hero' amid growing anger

The head of Britain's biggest police force warned yesterday that crushing 'good officers' makes the streets less safe after a police marksman was cleared of murder

Sir Mark Rowley said the 'system holding police to account is broken' after firearms officer Martyn Blake was put on trial for murder because he shot motorist Chris Kaba to save other officers from being run over.
Sergeant Blake, 40, was cleared in just three hours yesterday leaving the Crown Prosecution Service facing questions about why the landmark case was brought after jurors wholeheartedly rejected accusations he shot the 24-year-old 'without justification'.