"A misconduct hearing for the firearms officer who fatally shot a man during a foiled prison break has been discontinued. The Met Police officer, known only as W80 shot Jermaine Baker dead as police stopped a plot to snatch two prisoners from a van near Wood Green Crown Court in north London on 11 December 2015. The misconduct proceedings involving W80 began earlier this month after years of legal battles over the case, in which W80 was accused of breaching professional standards regarding the use of force."
"Chairman of the hearing panel Chris McKay said: "The decision of the panel is that we find there is no case for W80 to answer in these proceedings and accordingly the case against W80 is dismissed. "The full reasons will follow as the rules provide in the next five working days." Father-of-two Mr Baker, from Tottenham, north London, was shot at close range by counter-terrorism specialist firearms officer W80, who thought he was reaching for a gun. Mr Baker, who was sitting in the front passenger seat of a stolen Audi A6, was unarmed and an imitation firearm was later found in the back of the Audi, the misconduct hearing previously heard."
A misconduct hearing for Metropolitan Police firearms officer W80 has been discontinued and the case dismissed. The shooting killed Jermaine Baker during an attempt to foil a plot to snatch prisoners from a van near Wood Green Crown Court on 11 December 2015. The misconduct proceedings followed years of legal battles and allegations that W80 breached professional standards over the use of force. The hearing chairman stated the panel found no case for W80 to answer and said full reasons would follow within five working days. An imitation firearm was later found in the car; Baker was unarmed.
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