metropolitan police officer matt ratana, who was shot in the chest inside a south london police station. louis de zoysa used an antique revolver, which he d smuggled into a holding cell at croydon custody centre, to shoot sergeant ratana in 2020. he was handcuffed at the time. the case was heard at northampton crown court. we can cross live there now to our correspondent frances read. as you said, in the last half hour, we have had it that guilty verdict. it took the jury some approximately five hours to deliberate that verdict. as we said, back in september 2020 that 25 year old, now 25 year old louis de zoysa was stopped as part of a routine search before he was taken to a police station, and it is there that he was able to discharge the shots from this antique revolver. let s have a little look back on the case now with daniel sandford. you re walking down the road with a duffel bag, right? which i believe may have staff equipped to do a burglary. may have staff equipped t
meanwhile, tributes have been paid to the five men who were on the sub including british businessman shahzada dawood. well, shahzada dawood was a supporter of the british asian trust. richard hawkes is the chief executive of the organisation and hejoins us now. i m sorry for your loss, richard, i m sorry foryour loss, richard, of course i m sorry for your loss, richard, of course it s a difficult time for friends and family of mr dawood. tell us more about him.- friends and family of mr dawood. tell us more about him. thank you very much tell us more about him. thank you very much for tell us more about him. thank you very much for your tell us more about him. thank you very much for your sympathy - tell us more about him. thank you very much for your sympathy and l very much for your sympathy and condolences. obviously all of us at the british asian trust are devastated by this terrible tragedy. shahzada dawood was an incredibly lovely man, i had the great pleasure of k
were over the craft s unusual design. it s non spherical state, effectively, the reliability of the material it was made of, carbon fibre, and the fact that it also not answer any external, independent testing process. the bbc has been given a e mail exchange between stockton rush, the ceo of oceangate who died in the incident, and a leading deepwater explosion specialist. the e mails sent in 2018. rob mccallum warns stockton rush. he went on. a few days later, oceangate s stockton rush replied. he told rob mccallum. guillermo, the former co founder of oceangate. .. the next day, rob mccallum replied, in starkest terms, i think you are potentially placing yourself and your clients in a dangerous dynamic. right, let s get more on this right now. our science correspondent jonathan amos is standing by. this is quite a stark exchange of e mails? it this is quite a stark exchange of e-mails? , ,., , , , e-mails? it is polite but it is very testy. one e-mails? it is polite but it
herfor being late tricky times for madonna as fans sue her for being late at a show in new york. hello from the bbc sport centre. jordan henderson says it was a footballing decision, to leave the saudi arabian pro league and join dutch club ajax, adding his beliefs haven t changed and never will. henderson spoke at a press conference this afternoon in amsterdam. the england midfielder left liverpool to join al ettifaq last summer, amid much controversy given his backing for lgbtq+ rights, in a country where homosexual activity is illegal. he apologised again to anyone upset by his move to saudi arabia. these by his move to saudi arabia. things in life sometirr work these things in life sometimes don t work out, football and life in general and i made a decision soon as i knew the opportunity was there i had to make the decision the decision was this was the best move for me and my family at this time and if anybody was offended or feels as though i have upset them, that is on