Met officer who shot Jermaine Baker given firearms training role

Family of 28-year-old killed in 2015 blindsided' by discovery about officer facing misconduct charges

The family of a man shot dead by a Metropolitan police firearms officer say they have been blindsided" by the discovery that the officer is training colleagues in how to handle guns despite facing gross misconduct charges over the fatal shooting.

The firearms officer, known only as W80, shot dead Jermaine Baker, 28, who was sitting in a car close to Wood Green crown court in north London in December 2015. Baker and others were attempting to free a prisoner, Izzet Eren, who was being brought to court in a prison van to be sentenced for a firearms offence. Baker died from a single gunshot wound.