After the verdict was announced, dramatic video from September 5, 2022 revealed the moment Blake shot Mr Kaba through a car windscreen before shouts of 'shots fired', 'where from' and 'first aid' could be heard.
LISTEN: For more on this case, listen to The Mail's No. True Crime podcast 'The Trial of Officer Blake.' Out now, wherever you get your podcasts . LISTEN:Chris Kaba was a 'core member' in the notorious '67' South London gang and a drill rapper who bragged on camera about knifing rivals, MailOnline can reveal today.
He survived knife wounds to the stomach but refused to co-operate with police trying to find the perpetrators. But his criminal past was only revealed after an Old Bailey judge rejected a plea from his family to keep it secret in the wake of the acquittal of Met Police marksman Martyn Blake, who was cleared of his murder in just three hours on Tuesday.
Had he not been killed, Mr Kaba would have stood trial at the Old Bailey for the attempted murder of Mr Malutshi who miraculously survived the nightclub shooting on August 30, 2022. Mr Malutshi, a member of the '17' gang considered The 67's main rivals, was flown by air ambulance to the Royal London Hospital and survived the shooting, eventually discharging himself against medical advice with a small bullet fragment still in his right leg.
It was also reportedly spotted at the scene of a shooting in Brixton on September 4, 2022, where a man was seen stuffing a shotgun into his trousers. It is not suggested Stormzy, Wan-Bissaka, or Corbyn were aware of or condoned Kaba's criminal behaviour. British rapper, singer and songwriter Stormzy speaks during Black Lives Matter protesters march from Parliament Square to New Scotland Yard in central London demanding justice for Chris KabaThe 67 gang, pronounced six-seven, has terrorised people living in their Brixton Hill fiefdom for decades with threats of violence, drug dealing and also a racket where they extort cash from 'freshies' - slang for immigrants - in return for protecting their flats.
Members of the gang are viewed as 'godfathers' of the London drill rap scene - notorious in its links to violence, especially knife crime.One of the group's highest profile rappers is Cassie Wuta-Ofei, better known as LD or Scribz, who famously wears a silver mask after police tried to ban him from YouTube.
Inner London Crown Court heard that Wuta-Ofei and Martin had prior convictions for possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin from 2013. 'You still live a normal life. People think that it's violence all day long, but they need to remember that everyone has a family'. Rapping for The 67 under the name Itch, he bragged in a 2018 track about how he 'went from buying a tracky at JD's to chinging Jordan at Carphone' - a clear nod to the attack. Ching is drill slang for stabbing a rival.He, his younger brothers and his Congolese parents had moved around south-east and south London.One friend said he was extremely funny and would 'light up a room' at parties.
At the time of his death, Mr Kaba was about to become a father and there were signs that he too was receptive to change from his last conversation with a friend, Elisha Fizul. Cash from drugs were also crucial to the gang, whose members have been convicted of county lines offences and carrying weapons, a crime that Kaba committed on several occasions.
Its arch rival was the '17 gang' from the neighbouring Wandsworth Road area which took its name from the date 17-year-old Jordan Malutshi was fatally stabbed in a bar in the early hours of July 1 2013. Mr Blake, 40, was cleared of Mr Kaba's murder on Monday and reporting restrictions on earlier legal argument about the case have been lifted.
On Mr Blake's concerns at the time, he said: 'This defendant, like all the other officers in the team, is familiar with these gangs, knows what they are, knows how dangerous they are, knows how often they shoot each other.
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