and if you do watch the video, you ll see in the custody suite, they re holding the hand held metal detectors. matt authorises de zoysa s detention to be searched. and it s at that moment that de zoysa somehow produces a firearm from behind his back and fatally shoots matt. what we heard at trial, when de zoysa gave evidence, is that that revolver and it was a legally purchased revolver at the time had been in a holster, which he indicated it was under his left armpit. so in essence, a firearm concealed in the holster that was concealed under his arm. it wasn t found by the officers on the street, but i know, having spoken to them, having watched the footage, the evidence, having read the evidential statements, that their concerns were undoubtedly heightened when he was taken to the police station to be further searched. daniel sanford asking the questions there. junior doctors in england are to go on strike for five consecutive days next month.
it had started with a routine stop in the early hours of friday morning. you was walking down the road with a duffel bag, all right, which i believe may have stuff. equipment to do a burglary. in that bag. quite quickly, louis de zoysa admitted he had drugs on him. non medical cannabis. but pc rich davey then found seven rounds of ammunition. right, at the moment, i m placing you under arrest for possession of bullets. but despite a lengthy search, the officers somehow missed the antique revolver secreted in a holster under his left arm. in the van, de zoysa moved the gun from the holster into his hands, still cuffed behind his back. at the custody suite, sergeant matt ratana, who was in charge, ordered a search with a metal detector. stand up. but at that point, louis de zoysa
produced the gun from behind his back and shot sergeant ratana in the heart. welcome to east grinstead rugby football club. i m matt ratana, head coach. matt ratana was originally from new zealand and a keen rugby player and coach. his brotherjames young said matt was just three months from retiring from the police. he s never coming back. why? tell me why. and he can t believe the metropolitan police allowed a gun into a custody suite. what they ve told us, - if they change the procedures and all these sorts of things, they ve got metal detectors. where you walk in through now. i m like, well, they ve got those in the police stations here, - they ve had them for years. the two officers who searched louis de zoysa have been defended by theirforce. the officers, once they searched him on the street, louis de zoysa always remained in handcuffs.
custody suite, the sergeant who was in charge, ordered to search the metal detector. but at that point, she produced the gun from behind his back and shot sergeant ratana in the heart. jellinek i am matt ratana, head coach. originally from new zealand and the king rugby player and coach. and just three months from retiring from the police. he is never coming from retiring from the police. he is never coming back. from retiring from the police. he is never coming back. why? - from retiring from the police. he is never coming back. why? tell me why. and he never coming back. why? tell me why. and he cannot never coming back. why? tell me why. and he cannot believe the metropolitan police allowed the gun into a custody suite stop ly with a tour us is that they change the procedures and other sorts of things that get metal detectors we were walking through now and i m like, they ve got those in the police station secure, they ve had those for years. they have been defended
custody suite undetected? so i ve been able to watch and rewatch all of that video and audio footage, that had all of the events from when louis de zoysa was first seen on the streets of south london, all the way through to the fatal shooting of matt. i ve had the opportunity to speak to the officers and that s notjust the arresting officers, but all those involved to try to save matt s life, and indeed did save the life of louis de zoysa. now the arresting officers, when they stopped de zoysa, he told them he had cannabis on them, so they handcuffed him literally straightaway for their protection, and because he said he had drugs on them. the whole sequence of events on the street lasted for over 15 minutes, this was not a cursory search. the officers, whilst louis de zoysa was handcuffed, searched him, his two arresting officers. they found on him ammunition,