Killer of Met police officer Sgt Matt Ratana given whole-life sentence
by Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6DARE)
Louis De Zoysa, 26, murdered 54-year-old with a gun he smuggled into a custody unit in south London
A man has been sentenced to a whole-life order, meaning he will spend the rest of his life in prison, for the murder of Sgt Matt Ratana, whom he shot with a gun he smuggled into a custody centre while handcuffed.
Last month Louis De Zoysa, 26, was found guilty of killing Ratana, 54, by shooting him in the chest at point-blank range at a custody block in Croydon, south London, in September 2020.
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