'I found gun five metres away' says police officer
An officer has told a court how he found the gun that allegedly belonged to Mark Duggan "five metres away" from where he was shot dead.
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Duggan was 'absolutely 100%' holding a gun says officer
The officer who shot Mark Duggan has been giving evidence in the trial of the man accused of giving Duggan a gun, before police shot him.
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Duggan was 'absolutely 100%' holding a gun says officer
The police marksman who shot Mark Duggan described the seconds before he opened fire.
Duggan, 29, whose death sparked widespread riots last year, was "absolutely 100%" holding a handgun, Snaresbrook Crown Court in east London heard.
The officer, known as V53, told the trial of Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, who is accused of providing Duggan with a handgun minutes before he was killed on August 4 last year, that he fired two bullets at him.
The subject was holding a handgun. Mark Duggan was holding a handgun in his right hand.
He was holding the pistol-grip of the gun. I could make out the shape, the outline, of the gun.
I could make out the trigger-guard and the barrel. The size of the object he was carrying was of a similar size to the handgun I carry operationally.
I was aware of previous police incidents in which criminals carry handguns in socks, and there is a black sock covering the firearm Mark Duggan is carrying in his right hand.
It is side-on to his stomach.
He said the following thoughts were running through his mind:
– Officer known as V53He's got a gun and he's going to use it on me.
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