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| Mark Duggan was 'no angel' but 'should not have been shot' | |
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| Mark Duggan "may not have been an angel" but he should not have been shot dead by police, his mother has said. | Mark Duggan "may not have been an angel" but he should not have been shot dead by police, his mother has said. |
| Pamela Duggan sobbed as her statement was read at an inquest into her son's death. | Pamela Duggan sobbed as her statement was read at an inquest into her son's death. |
| Mr Duggan, 29, was shot by police in Tottenham, north London. His death sparked riots in the capital, which later spread across England. | |
| Ms Duggan said his death in 2011 was the "final straw" for his father Bruno, who died from cancer last year. | Ms Duggan said his death in 2011 was the "final straw" for his father Bruno, who died from cancer last year. |
| 'Well balanced' | 'Well balanced' |
| She said her son was "shy" and "beautiful" but his behaviour worsened at secondary school. | She said her son was "shy" and "beautiful" but his behaviour worsened at secondary school. |
| He moved away to live with an aunt in Manchester but returned to Tottenham when he was 17 a "well balanced" man, the hearing was told. | He moved away to live with an aunt in Manchester but returned to Tottenham when he was 17 a "well balanced" man, the hearing was told. |
| She said: "As a mother you think you're going to go before your child, you never think your child will go before you. | She said: "As a mother you think you're going to go before your child, you never think your child will go before you. |
| "No mother deserves to bury her child. | "No mother deserves to bury her child. |
| "Mark may not have been an angel but he should not have died the way he did." | "Mark may not have been an angel but he should not have died the way he did." |
| Talking about Mark's father, she said: "When Mark died, Bruno stopped talking and would not say anything to anybody except, 'they killed my son, they killed my boy'. | Talking about Mark's father, she said: "When Mark died, Bruno stopped talking and would not say anything to anybody except, 'they killed my son, they killed my boy'. |
| "I believe it completely finished Bruno and he didn't have the will or the strength to fight the cancer. | "I believe it completely finished Bruno and he didn't have the will or the strength to fight the cancer. |
| "He just gave up." | "He just gave up." |
| Mrs Duggan said she "went into total shock" when she heard the news of his death and was put on anti-depressants and sleeping tablets by her GP. | Mrs Duggan said she "went into total shock" when she heard the news of his death and was put on anti-depressants and sleeping tablets by her GP. |
| 'Confrontational and violent' | 'Confrontational and violent' |
| "They have helped a little although I still find myself waiting for Mark to walk through the door," she said. | |
| In the statement she said she hoped the inquest would find out why, if he had done anything wrong, he was killed and not arrested. | In the statement she said she hoped the inquest would find out why, if he had done anything wrong, he was killed and not arrested. |
| The hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in Westminster was told Mr Duggan shot someone in the leg at a party and was involved in supplying firearms. | The hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in Westminster was told Mr Duggan shot someone in the leg at a party and was involved in supplying firearms. |
| Det Ch Insp Mick Foote told the inquest that police intelligence in June 2011 suggested Mr Duggan was "confrontational and violent" and that he was a senior member of Tottenham gang TMD. | Det Ch Insp Mick Foote told the inquest that police intelligence in June 2011 suggested Mr Duggan was "confrontational and violent" and that he was a senior member of Tottenham gang TMD. |
| During questioning, Mr Foote said the gang moved guns "from address to address", adding: "These people have ready access to firearms." | During questioning, Mr Foote said the gang moved guns "from address to address", adding: "These people have ready access to firearms." |
| Three guns | Three guns |
| Giving evidence, Strategic Firearms Commander Fiona Mallon said Mr Duggan's death was "tragic", but it was necessary to "keep the public safe". | |
| The operation was assessed to be high-risk for officers but medium risk to Mr Duggan, she added. | The operation was assessed to be high-risk for officers but medium risk to Mr Duggan, she added. |
| A day before the fatal shooting, officers were told in a briefing that Mr Duggan had three guns and he was trying to obtain a fourth, the inquest jury heard. | |
| Ms Mallon said: "I think it was a tragic outcome. I think it was sad that a man lost his life. I think that it was never the intention of the operation. | |
| "However the operation had to be authorised to keep the public safe." | |
| Ms Mallon, who has been a police officer for 20 years, was at a police base in south London as the operation unfolded. | |
| She told jurors: "I was shocked, I was taken aback, but you're professional." | |
| She was also asked about her notes where she said "apparently MD came at officers firing". | |
| The officer said she wrote that after a call from Mr Foote and added: "I wrote it as I heard it." |