Met chief hits at 'dangerous rumours' over Kaba killing

Mark Rowley says 67’ gang linked to 11 shootings in a year

- AMY-CLARE MARTIN

The Metropolitan Police commissioner has hit out at “dangerous narratives” over the police shooting of Chris Kaba by a firearms officer who was cleared of murder, revealing that Kaba’s gang has been linked to 11 shootings in the past year.

Sir Mark Rowley said online commentary, often largely focused on Kaba’s ethnicity, risked undermining justice in the wake of the shooting as he urged commentators to be more aware of the weight of their words.

“From the outset, over the last two years, the majority of the conversation online focused entirely on Chris Kaba’s ethnicity,” he said while addressing an event in London on Tuesday.

“Rumour and innuendo fuelled quite dangerous narratives about supposed facts that were detached from the evidence presented to court and the verdict delivered by 12 Londoners recently.

“I go as far as to say that some people with huge influence risked undermining the British justice system, and those people should know better.”