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| Mark Duggan was holding loaded gun when police shot him, court hears | Mark Duggan was holding loaded gun when police shot him, court hears |
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| Armed police shot Mark Duggan as he got out of a minicab holding a loaded gun and appeared to be about to shoot, a court has heard. | Armed police shot Mark Duggan as he got out of a minicab holding a loaded gun and appeared to be about to shoot, a court has heard. |
| The situation, which preceded rioting across the country in August last year, was "as dangerous a position as possible" for armed police, Snaresbrook crown court heard. | The situation, which preceded rioting across the country in August last year, was "as dangerous a position as possible" for armed police, Snaresbrook crown court heard. |
| At the trial of the man accused of passing the handgun to Duggan, the jury heard he collected it just 15 minutes before he was shot dead on 4 August 2011. | At the trial of the man accused of passing the handgun to Duggan, the jury heard he collected it just 15 minutes before he was shot dead on 4 August 2011. |
| The 29-year-old's death in Tottenham, north London, was followed by riots that swept across the capital and other major centres in England. | |
| Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, 30, is charged with "selling or transferring a prohibited firearm" to Duggan between 28 July and 5 August 2011. | Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, 30, is charged with "selling or transferring a prohibited firearm" to Duggan between 28 July and 5 August 2011. |
| Hutchinson-Foster, of no fixed abode, denies passing the BBM Bruni Model 92 handgun to Duggan, contrary to the Firearms Act 1968. | Hutchinson-Foster, of no fixed abode, denies passing the BBM Bruni Model 92 handgun to Duggan, contrary to the Firearms Act 1968. |
| The court heard on Tuesday that Duggan had been under surveillance on 3 and 4 August. The prosecution claims he travelled in a minicab from Hoxton, east London, to collect the gun in a shoebox from Hutchinson-Foster in Leyton, before continuing to Tottenham. | The court heard on Tuesday that Duggan had been under surveillance on 3 and 4 August. The prosecution claims he travelled in a minicab from Hoxton, east London, to collect the gun in a shoebox from Hutchinson-Foster in Leyton, before continuing to Tottenham. |
| Opening the case, the prosecutor Edward Brown QC said Duggan was followed by armed police who decided to carry out a "hard stop". | Opening the case, the prosecutor Edward Brown QC said Duggan was followed by armed police who decided to carry out a "hard stop". |
| "The armed police surrounded the cab but as Mr Duggan got out he was seen to have the gun in his hand," he said. "The police marksmen were in no doubt that this was as dangerous a position as possible – gun in hand, and he was seen to start to bring it round as if to shoot." | "The armed police surrounded the cab but as Mr Duggan got out he was seen to have the gun in his hand," he said. "The police marksmen were in no doubt that this was as dangerous a position as possible – gun in hand, and he was seen to start to bring it round as if to shoot." |
| Duggan was shot, Brown said. "He fell to the ground fatally injured. From that moment until the ambulances and helicopter ambulance arrived they sought to resuscitate Mr Duggan but to no avail." | Duggan was shot, Brown said. "He fell to the ground fatally injured. From that moment until the ambulances and helicopter ambulance arrived they sought to resuscitate Mr Duggan but to no avail." |
| Brown told the court a BBM Bruni Model 92 handgun, modified to fire 9mm bullets, was recovered in Ferry Lane. Evidence would show it was passed by Hutchinson-Foster to Duggan 12 to 15 minutes before the fatal shooting, he said. | |
| Hutchinson-Foster admitted using the same gun in an attack on a barber just six days previously, Brown said. He beat Peter Osadebay with the gun at the Lagoon Salon in Dalston, east London, on 29 July. Traces of Osadebay's blood were found on the gun when it was retrieved from Ferry Lane, as was Hutchinson-Foster's DNA, the court heard. | Hutchinson-Foster admitted using the same gun in an attack on a barber just six days previously, Brown said. He beat Peter Osadebay with the gun at the Lagoon Salon in Dalston, east London, on 29 July. Traces of Osadebay's blood were found on the gun when it was retrieved from Ferry Lane, as was Hutchinson-Foster's DNA, the court heard. |
| The shoebox was found in the minicab and had both Duggan's and the defendant's fingerprints on it, as well as those of Desire Cox, Hutchinson-Foster's girlfriend at the time. | The shoebox was found in the minicab and had both Duggan's and the defendant's fingerprints on it, as well as those of Desire Cox, Hutchinson-Foster's girlfriend at the time. |
| The gun was in a black sock with the toe end ripped to expose the barrel, and the heel open to expose the cocking lever, Brown said. | The gun was in a black sock with the toe end ripped to expose the barrel, and the heel open to expose the cocking lever, Brown said. |
| Scientific evidence painted a clear picture that "put that gun at Ferry Lane on August 4 at the defendant's door". | Scientific evidence painted a clear picture that "put that gun at Ferry Lane on August 4 at the defendant's door". |
| Brown said the minicab driver would describe seeing Duggan call someone to ask for directions, then asking to stop and meeting a man who passed him a cardboard box. The driver then took Duggan to Tottenham, and it was on the way there that the car was stopped by armed police. | Brown said the minicab driver would describe seeing Duggan call someone to ask for directions, then asking to stop and meeting a man who passed him a cardboard box. The driver then took Duggan to Tottenham, and it was on the way there that the car was stopped by armed police. |
| The court heard that Hutchinson-Foster was arrested just before midday on 24 October. | The court heard that Hutchinson-Foster was arrested just before midday on 24 October. |
| The case continues. | The case continues. |