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Thornton Heath man sentenced to 21 years for ‘vicious’ killing
Paul Campbell, from Thornton Heath, was yesterday jailed for 21 years with a five-year extended licence after “a particularly vicious” assault on an elderly and vulnerable man, who he left to die. Campbell, 43, of Dunheved Road West, was found … Continue reading
Thornton Heath man is convicted of killing ‘gentle’ doctor
And in a separate court case, the murderer of Police Sergeant Matt Ratana has had an appeal against his life sentence rejected by three senior judges A man from Thornton Heath, Paul Campbell, was yesterday found guilty of the Christmas … Continue reading
‘Shoddy and inadequate’ police search led to Ratana’s death
The partner of Sergeant Matt Ratana, the officer who was shot dead by a prisoner carrying a gun inside Croydon Custody Centre in September 2020, said he had been let down by the “shoddy and inadequate” performance of his Metropolitan … Continue reading
Coroner to hold inquest into police station death of Matt Ratana
There is to be a high-profile, formal inquest into how a man, while in custody, was able to walk into a Croydon police station when armed with a pistol and then, despite being in handcuffs, fire off four bullets, murdering … Continue reading
Croydon cop killer Louis De Zoysa handed life jail sentence
Murderer of Sgt Matt Ratana did not have ‘an autistic meltdown’ that led to the fatal shooting in the Windmill Road custody centre, as the defence had claimed, judge rules at emotional sentencing hearing Louis De Zoysa, who shot and … Continue reading
De Zoysa found guilty of murder in Croydon police station
Louis De Zoysa was today handed a guilty verdict by a jury at Northampton Crown Court for the murder in September 2020 of Police Sergeant Matt Ratana, who was shot through the heart with a pistol that the accused had … Continue reading
Murder trial jury sees video of moment Sgt Ratana was shot
Jurors at a murder trial yesterday were shown video of the moment when, while in the Croydon Custody Centre in September 2020, a man under arrest, with his hands handcuffed behind his back and in the presence of two other … Continue reading
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Man accused of killing Croydon police sergeant denies murder
The man accused of shooting Police Sergeant Matt Ratana dead in a Croydon police station yesterday entered a not guilty plea. Sgt Ratana, 54, was shot in the chest as a handcuffed suspect was being taken into custody at Windmill … Continue reading
De Zoysa to face Old Bailey hearing over Sgt Ratana murder
Louis de Zoysa, the Norbury man charged with the murder of Police Sergeant Mat Ratana at the Croydon Custody Centre on Windmill Road last September, faces a hearing at the Old Bailey this Friday. De Zoysa, 23, has been in … Continue reading
