A misconduct hearing for a Metropolitan Police firearms officer who fatally shot a man during a foiled prison break nearly a decade ago has been discontinued.
The officer, known only as W80, shot Jermaine Baker during a Metropolitan Police operation to thwart a plot to spring two prisoners from a van near Wood Green Crown Court in north London in December 2015.
The marksman who pulled the trigger was investigated on suspicion of murder, but the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided not to charge him with any offence in 2017.
A public inquiry in 2022 concluded Mr Baker was lawfully killed. The inquiry heard Mr Baker was unarmed but an imitation firearm was found in the car used in the plot.
Police watchdog, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), directed that the Met should bring disciplinary proceedings against the officer for gross misconduct following an investigation.
The Metropolitan Police misconduct hearing at Palestra House was thrown out on Wednesday.
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.”
It comes after the panel retired on Tuesday to consider submissions of no case to answer made on behalf of officer W80.
The panel has reviewed more than 3,000 pages of documents.
Mr McKay said it had been a “complex case” and it was “important” for W80 and the family of Mr Baker to know the outcome as soon as possible.
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