Man accused of murdering Met Police sergeant while in custody has brain damage

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Man accused of murdering Met Police sergeant while in custody has brain damage
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A jury has heard a man accused of murdering a Met Police sergeant after letting off shots inside a holding cell suffered brain damage after being hit in the neck by one of the bullets.

Louis De Zoysa is said to have killed Matt Ratana, 54, after smuggling a revolver into the Windmill Custody Centre in Croydon sergeant after letting off a volley of shots inside a holding cell suffered brain damage after being hit in the neck by one of the bullets, a jury has heard.

Sgt Ratana - who had served with the Met since 1991 - was the first British officer ever killed inside a police station. He appeared in the dock at the Old Bailey in a wheelchair and with his right arm in a sling on Tuesday and confirmed his name and date-of-birth by writing them on a whiteboard.

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