Croydon police station shooting: What we know so far - Metro.co.uk

Sergeant Matiu Ratana was shot dead by a handcuffed suspect (Picture: PA)

The police officer who was shot dead by a handcuffed suspect at a south London custody suite was less than two years from retirement.

Sergeant Matiu Ratana, 54, was shot in the chest at Croydon Custody Centre as officers prepared to search the 23-year-old man who then turned the revolver on himself at around 2.15am on Friday.

The 54-year-old, known as Matt to his family and friends, is the first officer to be killed by a suspect inside a police station.

No police firearms were fired and the case is not being treated as terror-related.

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Sergeant Matiu Ratana was less than two years from retirement

The suspect was not regarded as a subject of interest by security services, but reports suggest he may have previously been referred to the anti-extremism Prevent programme.

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Here’s what we know about what happened:

How did the incident unfold?

The 23-year-old suspect was arrested by patrolling officers for possession of ammunition and possession of class B drugs with intent to supply.

After a stop and search in Pollards Hill, south London, he was taken to the custody centre while handcuffed behind his back.

According to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), he was taken into the building and sat in a holding area in the custody suite, then opened fire while still in the handcuffs as officers prepared to search him with a metal detector.

The shooting occurred at Croydon Custody Centre

Police tape cordon inside Croydon Custody Centre in south London (Picture: PA)

Police officers observe a minute’s silence outside (Picture: PA)

Police officers pay tribute outside the custody centre (Picture: Reuters)

Colleagues embrace surrounded by flowers for Sgt Matt Ratana at Croydon Custody Centre (Picture: Grant Falvey/LNP)

IOPC regional director Sal Naseem said: ‘It is at that point that shots were fired resulting in the fatal injuries to the officer and critical injuries to the man.

‘A non-police issue firearm, which appears to be a revolver, has been recovered from the scene. Further ballistic work will be required.’

Sgt Ratana was taken to hospital but later died of his injuries.

The suspect was also seriously injured during the incident and is in a critical but stable condition in hospital.

Policemen gather outside the custody centre (Picture: Reuters)

Sgt Ratana was shot by a man who was being detained in the early hours of Friday morning (Picture: PA)

Sgt Ratana is the eighth police officer in the UK to be shot dead in the last 20 years and the first to be murdered by a firearm in the line of duty since PCs Fiona Bone, 32, and Nicola Hughes, 23, in September 2012.

They were murdered by gangster Dale Cregan in a gun and grenade attack while responding to a report of a burglary in Greater Manchester.

How long had Sgt Ratana worked for the Met?

The New Zealand-born officer joined the force in 1991, having moved to the city two years previously, and was the captain of his recruit training class.

Having served more than 28 years with the Met he could have retired after 30.

He served in a variety of roles across London, including in the West End, Hackney and Hillingdon, and moved to a job in Croydon in 2015 where he worked in neighbourhoods, and then later detention.

Sgt Ratana was passionate about rugby and at one point played with London Irish (Picture: PA)

Outside police work, he was passionate about rugby and at one point played with London Irish, as well as other teams including the Met’s own.

In recent years, he had been head coach at East Grinstead.

A friend said Sgt Ratana had moved to work in custody as he felt it was safer in the lead-up to his retirement.

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Neil Donohue told BBC Breakfast: ‘He thought it was his safest option just to see him through to his retirement and no-one expected this to happen – certainly not within the police cells.’

How has he been remembered?

Figures across policing and UK politics have led tributes to the 54-year-old.

Met Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick, who with the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, led police officers across the capital in a minute’s silence on Friday, described Sgt Ratana as a ‘talented police officer’.

He was ‘big in stature, big in heart, friendly, capable, a lovely man and highly respected by his colleagues’, and leaves behind a partner and adult son, Dame Cressida said.

Forensic officers in white suits were seen entering the police station on Friday morning, while floral tributes were left throughout the day.

Floral tributes were laid outside (Picture: Reuters)

Police officers arrive with flowers (Picture: PA)

It is the first time an officer was killed by gunfire while on duty in over eight years (Picture: AFP via Getty)

Police officers and residents delivered flowers throughout the day (Picture: @MPSCroydon)

One friend said the officer was looking forward to retirement: ‘I think he earned his stripes, if you ask me.’

John Davies, a former colleague of Sgt Ratana, described him as a ‘proud Maori’ and added: ‘I’d just like to say that he was a truly remarkable, strong and unique individual.

‘He would have left an impression on all those he came into contact with.’

East Grinstead Rugby Football Club also released a tribute to the ‘much-loved’ coach.

One former colleague described Sgt Ratana as ‘a truly remarkable, strong and unique individual’ (Picture: Matt Ratana)

Bob Marsh, the club’s chairman, and Andy Poole, the club’s president, said: ‘Matt was an inspiring and much-loved figure at the club and there are truly no words to describe how we are feeling.

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‘We would like to take some time as a club and community to begin to comprehend what has happened.’

Met Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick, who with the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, earlier led police officers across the capital in a minute’s silence, described the officer as a ‘talented police officer’.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick and Home Secretary Priti Patel and Chaplain Jonathan Osbourne observe a minute’s silence inside the atrium at Scotland Yard (Picture: PA)

Prime Minister Boris Johnson was also among those who reacted to the news, as he tweeted: ‘My deepest condolences go to the family, friends and colleagues of the police officer who was killed in Croydon last night.

‘We owe a huge debt to those who risk their own lives to keep us safe.’

What happens next?

As well as a murder probe launched by Scotland Yard, the IOPC are also investigating the incident.

The IOPC have obtained CCTV from the custody centre as well as body-worn video footage from the officers present.

These will now be reviewed in the coming days, and initial accounts from the officers present will also be taken.

A former Met superintendent said there were questions to be answered about how the shooting occurred.

Leroy Logan told BBC News: ‘How did that person come to be in the station, whether it’s in the yard or the building itself, and be able to produce a weapon, whether it’s on them at the time?’

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Sadiq Khan wants Londoners banned from visiting friends and family - Daily Mail

Sadiq Khan wants Londoners banned from visiting friends and family: Mayor urges PM to outlaw house visits for 9m people as capital is put on lockdown watch list due to rising infections

• Mayor of London urged Boris Johnson to ban households from mixing in London 
• Capital yesterday placed on UK's lockdown watchlist following a spike in cases 
• Mr Khan also warned 43 per cent fall in testing could mask severity of Covid-19

By Faith Ridler For Mailonline

Published: 08:52 BST, 26 September 2020 | Updated: 10:40 BST, 26 September 2020

Sadiq Khan has urged the Prime Minister to outlaw house visits for nine million people in London as part of lockdown measures to tackle rising Covid-19 infections.

London was yesterday placed on the national lockdown watchlist due to a spike in coronavirus cases and hospital admissions, with Government advisors warning the capital's R rate may now be as high as 1.5.

This is the same level seen in the North West, North East and the Midlands, which have all been stung by additional Covid-19 measures. 

Mr Khan has now asked Boris Johnson to ban those from different households mixing in a bid to halt the spread of the virus in London - where 620 new cases were reported on Friday.

'One of the things that I said to the prime minister is: I think we should be following what's happening around the country and stopping social mixing of households, and I say that with a heavy heart,' he told the Guardian.

The Mayor of London also warned that a 43 per cent fall in testing in London between August and September could potentially mask the severity of soaring infections.

'It beggars belief. We all knew that in September there would be a greater need for testing,' he added. 'I'm really angry. It's another example of lessons not being learned. You can explain the delay, incompetence in March. There's no excuse now.' 

Sadiq Khan has urged the Prime Minister to outlaw house visits for nine million people in London as part of lockdown measures to tackle rising Covid-19 infections

Mr Khan had spoken to Mr Johnson after the Prime Minister attended a Cobra meeting to approve the latest measures to hit England, which imposed 10pm curfews on pubs and restaurants from Thursday.   

He asked for tougher measures in London, adding: 'If you go too late, we will already be in a north-east, north-west, Birmingham-type situation.'

Mr Khan's proposed rules include a ban on households mixing at home in London, a measure which has already been imposed in Scotland, Wales and several parts of England.

Around 17million Britons are living under tougher coronavirus restrictions than the rest of nation after health chiefs yesterday confirmed extra measures for those living in Wigan, Stockport, Blackpool, Leeds and parts of Wales. 

The decision to impose further localised restrictions came as another 6,874 Covid-19 infections and 34 more deaths were announced on Friday. 

The daily case toll is a record-high and takes the total number of cases to 423,237, although millions of Britons went undiagnosed during the first wave of the pandemic due the government's lacklustre testing regime.   

Public Health England data shows only a handful of London's 32 boroughs are now seeing a sustained rise in infections - including Redbridge, Hounslow, Barking and Dagenham and Enfield. The data is set to be updated today, but gives an indication of which boroughs are struggling the most 

The crowds packed on to the streets during closing time in Soho, central London, on Friday night

Government figures show the number of victims succumbing to the life-threatening infection now stands at 29 - 73 per cent higher than the average of 17 last Friday. 

But they are still a far-cry from the 1,000 being recorded each day during the darkest weeks of the crisis in March and April. But SAGE warned that the low numbers of deaths do not reflect how quickly the outbreak is growing. 

Hospital admissions - another measure of how severe an outbreak is - have also risen again, with 314 newly-infected patients requiring NHS care in England on Wednesday - up from 183 the week before. 

Council bosses in London met on Friday to confirm that the response to the capital's crisis would be escalated. 

No tougher measures will be imposed yet but health chiefs have pledged to boost testing capacity to control any flare-ups. Formal confirmation is expected to be announced later by Public Health England.

People leave bars and restaurants at closing time in Soho, London, the day after pubs and restaurants were subject to a 10pm curfew

A street cleaner is pictured at work at closing time outside bars in Soho, London, on Friday night

Britain's coronavirus R rate could now be as high as 1.5, government scientific advisers warned on Friday after rises in all regions of the country

Official government figures show London recorded 620 more cases of Covid-19 yesterday - twice as high as the rate last week. 

But the capital's outbreak appears to have plateaued since spiking at the start of September, when taking into account separate data that analyses when positive samples were actually taken, not recorded. 

It can take suspected patients several days to get their test results back.   

Hospital admissions in the capital have tripled in a fortnight, with the rolling average rising from 11 on September 2 to 34.7 by September 19.  

Police were pictured at a bar on Portobello Road in Notting Hill, west London, booting people out as the curfew kicked in

Meanwhile nosy council inspectors have been peering through letterboxes and windows in an effort to track down pubs and clubs holding lock-ins past the coronavirus curfew

One man looked sad as he protested to a policewoman outside the upmarket establishment with friends

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) believes it has risen 60 per cent over the same time frame and that there are now 9,600 infections a day

Friday saw another 6,874 Covid-19 cases recorded, meaning the seven-day rolling average is 54 per cent higher than it was a week ago. MailOnline analysis shows this is the sixth consecutive day the average compared to the week before has risen

WHAT AREAS ARE ON THE MOST RECENT WATCHLIST? 

The most recent watchlist, published last Friday, included:

INTERVENTION (number of infections recorded up to September 15 for every 100,000 people living there)

BOLTON - 212.7

BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN - 122.9

OADBY AND WIGSTON - 119.2

HYNDBURN - 117.6

PRESTON - 105.1

WARRINGTON - 105.0

TAMESIDE - 103.5

SUNDERLAND - 103.1

OLDHAM - 98.9

BIRMINGHAM - 98.0

BRADFORD - 97.5

LIVERPOOL - 95.8

WIRRAL - 95.6

BURNLEY - 93.8

KNOWSLEY - 92.9

ST HELENS - 91.6

BURY - 90.5

SALFORD - 88.8

LEICESTER - 86.7

SOUTH TYNESIDE - 86.5

ROCHDALE - 84.1

MANCHESTER - 83.6

GATESHEAD - 77.5

SOLIHULL - 77.2

SANDWELL - 72.1

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE - 69.6

PENDLE - 61.3

HALTON - 60.7

KIRKLEES - 60.4

WOLVERHAMPTON - 60.3

CALDERDALE - 59.5

ROSSENDALE - 57.8

SOUTH RIBBLE - 52.5

SEFTON - 49.0

NORTH TYNESIDE - 48.5

WEST LANCASHIRE - 47.4

COUNTY DURHAM - 46.7

TRAFFORD - 45.7

CHORLEY - 35.1

WYRE - 34.2

FYLDE - 28.8

NORTHUMBERLAND - 24.7

LANCASTER - 22.9

RIBBLE VALLEY - 18.3

ENHANCED SUPPORT 

LEEDS - 75.5

BLABY - 65.7

STOCKPORT - 48.7

CONCERN 

SELBY - 65.1

HARTLEPOOL - 55.8

SHEFFIELD - 53.7

SPELTHORNE - 53.4

CORBY - 50.8

MIDDLESBROUGH - 47.0

NORTHAMPTON - 42.6

SCARBOROUGH - 42.3

HERTSMERE - 37.4

PETERBOROUGH - 30.3

STOKE-ON-TRENT - 27.4

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But the number is still a far cry from the 700-plus at the height of the pandemic in spring and only slightly higher than they were the start of July (around 25). For comparison, 13 times as many admissions were being recorded in March (425 on March 22) — before the national lockdown was imposed.

Officers were this week spotted visiting London pubs to turf out drinkers at 10pm after the City of Westminster 'fun police' peered through letterboxes looking for lock-ins, following the Prime Minister's latest lockdown measures. 

Authorities were pictured at a bar on Portobello Road in Notting Hill, west London, booting people out as the curfew kicked in on Thursday.

Council inspectors have been peering through letterboxes and windows in an effort to track down pubs and clubs holding lock-ins past the curfew. 

Restrictions currently in place throughout England ban venues from being open after 10pm to try and slow down the spread of Covid-19 infections. 

Meanwhile, swathes of towns in the North of England and parts of Wales will be hit with local lockdowns tonight in a bid to curb spiralling infections. 

Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirmed Wigan and Stockport are to have local restrictions that apply to the rest of Greater Manchester reintroduced.

The Manchester towns were previously removed from restrictions on meeting with people in homes and private gardens after the infection rate fell in the boroughs. 

The case rate in Wigan currently stands at over 106 cases per 100,000, whilst Stockport has 71 cases per 100,000. From midnight tonight, residents will be banned from mixing indoors or in gardens with people outside their immediate household.

The same raft of measures have also been announced in Leeds and Blackpool - which now follows Lancashire in being placed under local lockdown restrictions, having escaped the measures last Friday. 

Welsh officials today confirmed Cardiff and Swansea will be hit by the same measures from 6pm on Sunday, while the town of Llanelli will see the new rules come in on Saturday at 6pm. 

The addition of these areas would take the number of people living under local restrictions to more than 17million across the UK. 

Dozens of areas across England which have seen Covid-19 infection rates spiral over the past month are currently on the watchlist, which is updated every Friday. 

Authorities are separated into three different categories based on how quickly outbreaks are growing. 

Local restrictions are imposed in areas carrying the 'intervention' tag, while more testing is made available for boroughs listed as being of 'concern' and more detailed plans to control cases are made for areas under 'enhanced support'.  

It comes as figures buried in a 188-page document suggested almost 75,000 people could die from non-Covid causes as a result of lockdown.

The startling research, presented to the Government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), will further increase pressure on Boris Johnson to hold back on introducing further coronavirus restrictions.

The document reveals 16,000 people died as a result of the chaos in hospitals and care homes in March and April alone.

And an additional 31,900 could die over the next five years as a result of missed cancer diagnoses, cancelled operations and the health impacts of a recession.

The toll of deaths directly linked to the virus last night stood at 41,936.

The estimates, drawn up by civil servants at the Department of Health, the Office for National Statistics and the Home Office, were presented to Sage at a meeting on July 15. 

The documents stressed that had nothing been done to stop the spread of the virus in March, 400,000 people could have died of Covid.

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Plan for EVERYONE over the age of 45 to shield at home remains 'under review' by SAGE - Daily Mail

SAGE scientists suggested a plan for EVERYONE over the age of 45 to shield at home - affecting two-thirds of UK households - and it remains 'under review'

• Meeting notes suggest those over 45 were at 'greatest risk' from the virus
• SAGE is keeping the 'segmented' lockdown plan under review at present
• They also noted it would be difficult as many live in mixed age households 

By Victoria Allen Science Correspondent For The Daily Mail and Luke Andrews For Mailonline

Published: 08:42 BST, 26 September 2020 | Updated: 11:09 BST, 26 September 2020

Scientists advising the Government on coronavirus considered a plan to ask everyone over the age of 45 to shield.

It was suggested those over 45 were at greater risk from the virus, and more likely to die from it, so could be ‘segmented’ from the rest of the population. The suggestion, revealed in papers from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), was eventually advised against, as it was considered unlikely to be successful.

However, it is being kept under review, and news of it follows a similar option drawn up by officials to potentially target over-50s with another lockdown.

The minutes of the 48th meeting of the Sage scientists, held on July 23, state: ‘Although under-45s are at less risk from Covid-19, including lower risk of death, they are nonetheless at some risk and long-term sequelae (consequences) are not well understood.’

The document adds: ‘Around two-thirds of people in the UK live in a household which includes one or more individuals aged 45 and above. Any segmentation based on this age threshold would therefore affect most households.’

The ‘segmentation’ looked at would have involved those over 45 shielding, which early in the pandemic meant staying at home, and avoiding unnecessary contact with others.

SAGE considered a plan where those aged over 45 would be asked to shield while the rest of the population continued moving around. It is being kept under review. (Stock image)

SAGE said up to two-thirds of the UK lives in mixed-age households, making the plan unworkable. Above are students enjoying a night out in Birmingham yesterday

Minutes from July 16 note there is likely to be 'merit' in segmenting society by age, particularly 'to vulnerable people and those likely to have more contact with vulnerable people'.

It continues: 'Data shows that people tend to have more contacts with others around their own age, but also have a significant number of contacts with those 20-30 years older and younger than themselves (likely to mainly be contacts between parents and children). 

'There are also significant levels of contact between grandparents and children.'

Figures reveal that children and those aged below 45 are at far lower risk of dying from coronavirus than those aged over 75.

Office for National Statistics data reveals only four Covid-19 deaths were recorded in children aged one to 14 years old in England and Wales, or less than 0.01 per cent of the total. And 574 have been recorded in those aged 15 to 44, or 0.96 per cent of the total.

In comparison, 39,058 people aged 75 and over have died from the virus, or 65 per cent of the total.

The 'segmented' shielding was discussed at two meetings of SAGE, published minutes reveal

WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF LONG COVID AND HOW BAD IS THE PROBLEM?

Covid-19 is described as a short-term illness caused by infection with the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Public health officials tend to say people will recover within two weeks or so. 

However it's become increasingly clear that this is not the case for everyone, and that the two-week period is only the 'acute illness' phase.

The North Bristol NHS Trust's Discover project, which is studying the longer-term effects of coronavirus, is just one of a handful of studies to have shown the long impact of Covid-19. However it only studied hospital patients.

A total of 163 patients with coronavirus were recruited to the study. Nineteen of those died. The remainder were invited for a three-month check-up and 110 attended. 

Most (74 per cent) had at least one persistent symptom after twelve weeks. The most common were:

• Excessive fatigue: 39%
• Breathlessness: 39%
• Insomnia: 24%  
• Muscle pain: 23%
• Chest pain: 13%
• Cough: 12%
• Loss of smell: 12%
• Headache, fever, joint pain and diarrhoea: Each less than 10% 

Patients who had suffered more severe Covid-19 reported more symptoms on their follow-up.      

Other long term symptoms that have been reported by Covid-19 survivors, both suspected and confirmed, anecdotally, include:

• Hearing problems 
• 'Brain fog'
• Memory loss
• A lack of concentration
• Mental health problems
• Hair loss

The impact of long Covid on people who had mild illness have not been studied in depth yet.  

Data from the King's College London symptom tracking app shows that up to 500,000 people in the UK are currently suffering from the long-term effects of Covid-19.

That's according to the founder of the Long Covid Support Group, Claire Hastie, who said the lasting effects of Covid-19 had left her wheelchair-bound after being diagnosed in March.

A survey recently found a third of British doctors have treated patients with long term Covid-19 symptoms, including chronic fatigue and anosmia.

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The difference led a scientific paper published in Nature in July to conclude that those aged 80 and over are more than a hundred times more likely to die from the virus than patients aged 40 and below.

Despite the gap in risk of death, however, there have been warnings over long Covid, or where symptoms persist after the disease subsides, which could already affect more than 60,000 people in the UK.

On Wednesday MPs called on the Government to address this problem, and admit that it exists, stating they had heard moving statements from those who had recovered but still suffered from fatigue, heart palpitations and breathing difficulties.

Layla Moran, chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on coronavirus said Westminster must commit further resources to investigating and tackling the problem.

Writing in the British Medical Journal, she said as the number of people suffering long Covid increases the situation will become 'more and more urgent'.

'In August, we heard from people living with long Covid and hundreds more sufferers admitted written evidence to our inquiry.

'Their testimonials were incredibly moving and concerning. What was clear was that we needed to make some urgent recommendations to the Prime Minister; the health, wellbeing and employment arrangements for those living with long Covid remain unaddressed.

'And as the number of people with long Covid grows, the situation gets more and more urgent.'

One of the victims was Claire Hastie, who is the founder of the Long Covid Support Group on Facebook.

She described how she used to cycle 13 miles to work but since her Covid-19 diagnosis in March, can no longer walk 13 metres and is now largely confined to a wheelchair with her children providing much of her care.

Dr Jake Suett, a staff grade doctor in anaesthetics and intensive care medicine who also suffers from long Covid, said that since catching the disease he has no longer being able to do 12-hour shifts in intensive care.

'And now a flight of stairs or the food shop is about what I can manage before I have to stop... if I'm on my feet then shortness of breath comes back, chest pain comes back.'

SAGE minutes have also revealed that the group considered a 'segmentation and protection strategy', where vulnerable parts of society are placed into lockdown to avoid a surge in deaths from the disease.

The strategy, presented to the group by Professor Mark Whoolhouse, from the University of Edinburgh, would use an algorithm to identify those most at risk by accounting for age, ethnicity and health conditions.

They would be placed into lockdown, where they are trusted to avoid high risk locations and interactions, alongside a designated carer. This would allow parts of society, such as those who are healthy and of working age, to continue to contribute to the economy.

But SAGE did not advise that the Government follows this strategy, citing ethical concerns. Professor Woolhouse wrote: 'Segmentation and protection raises ethical questions as some measures are targeted at subsets of the population.

'However, lockdown also raises ethical questions as the benefits are felt mainly by those same subsets of the population. It needs to be understood that there are no easy options available.'

The UK recorded a further 6,874 cases of coronavirus yesterday, as the outbreak continues to gather speed.

As cases mount, new lockdown measures have been announced for Leeds, Wigan, Stockport and Blackpool in England, and Llanelli, Cardiff and Swansea in Wales.

When the rules come in to force as many as 17million people in the UK will be living under tightened coronavirus restrictions. 

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