Cop shooter faces trial in June next year

A gunman accused of shooting dead Police Sergeant Matt Ratana will stand trial in June next year. Sgt Ratana, 54, died from a gunshot wound to the chest after handcuffed suspect Louis De Zoysa, 25, allegedly smuggled a revolver into the Windmill Custody Centre in Croydon, south London. The New Zealand-born officer was just two months away from retiring when he was gunned down in the early hours of 25 September last year. De Zoysa fired four times and one…