in 2020. that police murdered in 2020. that police station in croydon. the man who did it was louis de zoysa and we can see some pictures now of that night. this is louis de zoysa being arrested earlier in the evening. at this point he was carrying a gun, but the police arresting him did not know it and did not find it. a little later he was taken into custody sell there and that is the moment where he took out the gun and fired it twice at matiu ratana. this gun was over 100 years old and the ammunition was home made and he had that first shot at matiu ratana which was the fatal one. and he also then fired again for shots in total in the third one hitting his own neck and that has resulted in
backin known. that was a sequence of events back in 2020 and the conclusion now is that whole life sentence for louis de zoysa, but whole life term and he will spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of sergeant matiu ratana. my my colleague has just come out cycle in the last few seconds. that decision there from the judge, a whole life order. just talk us through it. whole life order. just talk us through it whole life order. just talk us throuh it. . . , whole life order. just talk us throu~hit. . . through it. matiu ratana s panelwas sittin: in through it. matiu ratana s panelwas sitting in court through it. matiu ratana s panelwas sitting in court and through it. matiu ratana s panelwas sitting in court and listening - sitting in court and listening incredibly intently to the remarks and watched every word he said then as he passed that sentence saying that louis de zoysa would in effect never, ever step outside the prison gates again, shejust never, ever step out
judge and the judge only. we sentencing, camera can focus on the judge and thejudge only. we do not see any other parts of the courtroom and we are not in control of the cameras precisely in the way we would normally be with feeds coming into us from around the world. as we wait for that feed to return, i want to remind you about what happened in this case specifically. let s see some pictures now of matiu ratana. this is the police officer who was a 54 this is the police officer who was a 5k years old, and he was a hugely 5a years old, and he was a hugely popular man, sergeant, matiu ratana. he was born in new zealand and he joined the met police in 1991 and i m now been told that we have re establish that feed to the court unless listening to the judge again. it affects the impact of imprisonment on it. i have considered detailed academic research on the experience of autistic prisoners. that impact is
attention on that. you did that in the hope that it would make it less likely that they would find the gun. when the police found the seven cartridges, you lied and said that they were not real. five, he made strenuous and successful efforts to retrieve the gun whilst you are handcuffed behind your back. there was no lawful or good reason for you to do that. six, you had time and space to consider what to do. it was 50 minutes between the time you were stopped and the time you shot sergeant matiu ratana. there were eight minutes after arrival at the police station before you were brought out of the van. you had already retrieved the gun at that point. during those eight minutes,
louis de zoysa s lawyer said because of his autism and brain injury, he shouldn t spend his whole life in prison and there should be some hope. but thejudge prison and there should be some hope. but the judge said louis prison and there should be some hope. but thejudge said louis de zoysa had shot matiu ratana in cold blood and intended to kill him and he would stick to the ruling set down by parliament that people who murder police officers who are on duty should get a whole life order. daniel s been following this story all along and you can watch his documentary killed on duty on bbc iplayer now. there are calls for batteries for e bikes to be regulated in the same way as fireworks, heavy machinery or medical devices because of the fire risk they pose. in the uk eight people have been killed by e bike and e scooter fires since 2020. currently, manufacturers can self declare that e bike and e scooter batteries