Man Who Shot Dead Police Sergeant in Cell Guilty of Murder

Man Who Shot Dead Police Sergeant in Cell Guilty of Murder
A screen grab taken from CCTV footage of Louis De Zoysa (centre, top) who is holding a gun (circled in red), seconds before Sergeant Matt Ratana (centre) was shot dead at Croydon custody centre in Croydon, London on Sep. 25, 2020. Metropolitan Police
Chris Summers
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An autistic man who shot dead a custody sergeant in a police cell has been found guilty of murder after a trial which heard he bought an antique weapon on the internet, made his own bullets for it, hid it from arresting officers and fired it while in handcuffs.

Louis De Zoysa, 25, pulled out the revolver and shot dead Sergeant Matt Ratana, 54, in a holding cell in Croydon custody centre in south London on Sep. 25, 2020. The jury watched footage of the incident, in which De Zoysa fires a total of four shots.

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