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| Mark Duggan shooting: Hutchinson-Foster guilty of supplying gun | Mark Duggan shooting: Hutchinson-Foster guilty of supplying gun |
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| A man has been found guilty of supplying a gun to Mark Duggan, who was shot dead by police. | |
| Mr Duggan, 29, was shot by officers in Tottenham, north London, on 4 August 2011 and a gun was found nearby, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard. | |
| Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, 30, had denied selling or transferring a prohibited firearm to Mr Duggan. | Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, 30, had denied selling or transferring a prohibited firearm to Mr Duggan. |
| Mr Duggan's death sparked riots in Tottenham, which led to disorder in a number of English cities and towns. | Mr Duggan's death sparked riots in Tottenham, which led to disorder in a number of English cities and towns. |
| During the trial the jury heard Mr Duggan collected the BBM Bruni Model 92 handgun just 15 minutes before he was killed. | |
| Armed police, who gave evidence anonymously, described how they had opened fire on Mr Duggan on Ferry Lane because they saw him get out of a taxi holding a loaded gun. | |
| The officer responsible for the two shots that fatally wounded Mr Duggan said: "I had an honest-held belief that Mark Duggan was going to shoot me or one of my colleagues, so I brought my MP5 (sub-machine gun) up to the shooting position." | |
| The officer, known only as V53, shot Mr Duggan in the chest and arm. | |
| He told the jury: "Mark Duggan then fell to the floor. I then closed the suspect down." | |
| The court heard that Mr Duggan had been under police surveillance before the shooting. |