Sgt Matiu Ratana: Met officer murder accused sad he died, jury hears

A antheral accused of murdering Metropolitan Police custody sergeant Matiu Ratana has told a assemblage helium felt "sad" the serviceman died.

Louis De Zoysa agreed CCTV footage showed him firing a weapon astatine 54-year-old Sgt Ratana, who was changeable astatine Croydon custody centre connected 25 September 2020.

Asked what execution meant, 25-year-old Mr De Zoysa said: "Kill."

He told the tribunal helium had not meant to termination Sgt Ratana nor to origin him truly superior harm.

As helium began giving grounds astatine Northampton Crown Court, Mr De Zoysa sat successful a wheelchair successful the good of the courtroom with a tiny whiteboard and marker connected the table successful beforehand of him.

In a modified oath, helium promised to archer the information and confirmed his sanction and day of commencement utilizing the whiteboard.

The prosecution alleged Mr De Zoysa, from Banstead successful Surrey, "pulled the trigger connected intent 4 times" portion helium was handcuffed successful a holding room.

The tribunal heard the archetypal and 2nd shots deed Sgt Ratana, the 3rd deed the partition during a conflict with officers and a 4th deed the defendant.

Mr De Zoysa told the tribunal helium is autistic and would regularly get stressed out, starring him to punch chairs and walls.

Asked astir his family, Mr De Zoysa alleged his begetter utilized to "beat" him implicit "trivial matters".

He aboriginal wrote the connection "coke" connected his whiteboard earlier adding: "He is simply a criminal. He utilized to beryllium a cause dealer."

The suspect drew a stickman wearing a formed connected 1 limb earlier confirming his begetter deed and broke his leg.

Mr De Zoysa told the tribunal successful a abstracted incidental helium deed his begetter connected the caput utilizing a metallic rod retired of "panic" which helium said was "possibly" caused by his autism.

The tribunal heard successful June 2019 helium was arrested for "fighting" his begetter due to the fact that his dada was upsetting him and talking "too loud".

He confirmed to jurors helium had antecedently breached the stairs successful his household location and acceptable a carpet connected occurrence due to the fact that helium was "upset", and besides said helium smoked cannabis owed to "stress" arsenic it helped him consciousness "mellow".

The tribunal heard the suspect received 3 A grades astatine A-Level for Chemistry, Physics and Maths, and attended University College London but did not decorativeness his degree, going connected to enactment successful coding astatine HMRC.

The assemblage was told during the aboriginal hours of 25 September 2020, Mr De Zoysa was arrested connected London Road successful Norbury, southbound London, aft a halt and hunt by officers recovered cannabis and 7 rounds of ammunition connected him.

The tribunal heard officers did not cognize helium had a weapon until it was utilized to sprout Sgt Ratana.