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| Mark Duggan 'had a phone in his hand' when shot | Mark Duggan 'had a phone in his hand' when shot |
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| Mark Duggan was "definitely" holding a phone and not a gun when he was shot by police in Tottenham, north London, an inquest into his death has heard. | |
| A man, identified as Witness B, said he saw this from a flat on the 9th floor of a building near the scene in Ferry Lane in August 2011. | A man, identified as Witness B, said he saw this from a flat on the 9th floor of a building near the scene in Ferry Lane in August 2011. |
| Witness B told the inquest he looked out of an open window after hearing the screech of tyres and shouting. | Witness B told the inquest he looked out of an open window after hearing the screech of tyres and shouting. |
| He filmed the aftermath of the shooting and supplied the footage to the BBC. | |
| Previously, the jury heard a gun was found about 20ft (6m) from where Mr Duggan, who police thought was armed, was shot. | |
| Witness B said when he looked out of the window of the flat after hearing people shouting "put it down" or "get down", he saw a man beside a people carrier. | |
| 'Played on my mind's | |
| He said "When I saw him he was on the sidewalk and he tried to run off towards Tottenham Hale but there was a police officer there so he turned around towards Blackhorse Road." | |
| Ashley Underwood QC for the inquest asked Witness B: "Could you see his hands?" | |
| "Yes. it looked like a phone clutched in his hands. And he had his hands up above his shoulders near his face. This was when he was running towards Blackhorse Road. | |
| "There was a police officer standing in front of him… That was definitely a phone clutched in his hand." | |
| He said Mr Duggan was then shot twice by a police officer who was about five to seven steps from him. | |
| Witness B said he then went to get his phone and started filming the scene, which the jury was shown in court. | |
| "It's not every day you see someone getting shot at in London and dying... it played on my mind," he added. | |
| The witness said he was reluctant to give evidence and had moved out of London. |