Chris Kaba jury was refused permission to speak

The jury who acquitted Met Police sergeant Martyn Blake of murdering Chris Kaba was refused permission to give a comment alongside its verdict. The panel of nine men and three women sent a note to the judge asking if they could say something else in court alongside their ‘not guilty’ verdict. The message was written in a note form the jury informing Mr Justice Goss that they had reached a verdict. The judge told the jury that he could only…