guilty of officer. he has been found guilty of his mother. a police officer was shotin his mother. a police officer was shot in the chest inside a custody block in croydon in south london if you remember, that in september 2020. the prosecution alleged the suspect pulled the trigger on purpose four times in the holding room. the defendant from the beginning of the trial denied murder. he told northampton crown court he had a condition which means it is easier to bend and stretch and that s why he says he accidentally shot matra tanner who was 5a at the time his death, the on duty custody sergeant. the court has found him guilty. of the murder. if you remember as well. the jury heard that under cross examination he was
questions as to whether all that and this huge amount of interest has overshadowed the other recent maritime tragedy, the sinking of that migrant vessel off greece, with the loss of hundreds of lives. john, thank ou the loss of hundreds of lives. john, thank you for the loss of hundreds of lives. john, thank you for that. a man has been found guilty of the murder of a police custody sergeant with a gun he d smuggled into a police cell, despite being searched. sergeant matt ratana, who was 5a, died from a gun shot wound to the chest, at a custody block in croydon, in september, 2020. the jury at northampton crown court convicted louis de zoysa, who s 25, of the killing, and heard how he d managed to fire four shots despite being handcuffed. the metropolitan police is now issuing more than 4,000 hand held metal detectors for body searches to front line officers. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is at northampton crown court.
one significant find was his trainers that we recovered. they matched the trainers i of the person that was seen going into the park. the trainers were the same as the person that went - into the sainsbury s store, - and the trainers appeared similar or identical to the person that went into the grand hotel. there was blood found - on the trainers, and that blood was a direct forensicl link to sabina nessa. he made no comment all the way through, but it s quite telling - that upon charge his reply was, what will happen if i tell - you everything now? that s the only commentary he made to police. - you know, i remember being in the custody block when he was charged, and he s not very tall. he didn t really seem particularly well built. you know, the way he acted and what he did in the park, it was kind of at odds with his behaviour in the custody block, really.