Police killing of Yassar Yaqub on M62 was lawful, inquest finds

Jury agrees with officer's assertion that he feared for his life when he shot 28-year-old dead outside Huddersfield in 2017

A Huddersfield man who was shot dead by police on the M62 in West Yorkshire nearly six years ago was lawfully killed, an inquest has found.

A jury on Wednesday agreed with the police's version of events, that the officer who shot 28-year-old Yassar Yaqub had feared for his life.