Jermaine Baker, from Tottenham, killed during operation to stop plot to spring gang leader from prison in 2015
A firearms officer used excessive force when he shot dead an unarmed 28-year-old man involved in a foiled attempt to spring a gang leader from prison, a police misconduct hearing has been told.
The officer, known only as W80, killed Jermaine Baker, from Tottenham, north London, during an operation to interrupt a criminal plot to snatch Izzet Eren, the head of the Tottenham Turks organised crime group, from a van heading towards Wood Green crown court in December 2015.
Officer W80, who denies the charges of gross misconduct, had been told before the operation that he should expect those involved in the scheme to be armed and dangerous, the hearing heard.
He shot Baker at close range as the suspect was sitting in the front passenger seat of a stolen Audi A6 near the court.
