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Jermaine Baker shooting: Firearms officer will not be charged Jermaine Baker shooting: Firearms officer will not be charged
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A Met Police firearms officer will face no charges over the shooting of a man who was killed in a botched attempt to free a prisoner, prosecutors said.A Met Police firearms officer will face no charges over the shooting of a man who was killed in a botched attempt to free a prisoner, prosecutors said.
It comes after Jermaine Baker, 28, was killed by armed officers in London, in December 2015.It comes after Jermaine Baker, 28, was killed by armed officers in London, in December 2015.
Mr Baker, who was with two men in a car near Wood Green Crown Court, had intended to help a convicted criminal escape from a prison van. Mr Baker, who was with two men in a car near Wood Green Crown Court, had intended to help a man being held on remand escape from a prison van.
Firearms officers were deployed to disrupt the plan.Firearms officers were deployed to disrupt the plan.
"The officers reasonably believed that the men in the car were dangerous individuals, who were armed and prepared to use their weapons to achieve their criminal purpose," a Crown Prosecution Service spokesman said. "The officers reasonably believed that the men in the car were dangerous individuals, who were armed and prepared to use their weapons to achieve their criminal purpose," a Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) spokesman said.
He said an officer had fired one shot which hit and killed Mr Baker, from Tottenham. "Having taken account of all the evidence provided by the [Independent Police Complaints Commission], the CPS has concluded that there is not a realistic prospect of conviction."
"The prosecution could not prove to the required standard that [the officer] was being untruthful about his belief that Mr Baker was armed and reaching for a weapon to fire on the officers."
Mr Baker 'not armed'
He said the officer had fired one shot which hit and killed Mr Baker, from Tottenham.
"Following a thorough search it was found that Mr Baker was not armed," the spokesman continued."Following a thorough search it was found that Mr Baker was not armed," the spokesman continued.
"An imitation firearm was, however, recovered from a holdall in the rear foot well behind the driver's seat of the car.""An imitation firearm was, however, recovered from a holdall in the rear foot well behind the driver's seat of the car."
At the time Mr Baker and his accomplices were attempted to spring from a prison van Izzet Eren, who was being held on remand at HMP Wormwood Scrubs accused of gun offences, as he was en-route to a hearing at the court.