Chris Kaba Shooting: Judge to Lift Anonymity Order on Officer but Not Until January

Judge Mark Lucraft, KC, will lift the anonymity order protecting the police officer who shot Chris Kaba early next year.

A forensics officer takes photographs of the scene where 24-year-old Chris Kaba was killed by police in Kirkstall Gardens, Streatham Hill, south London, on Sept. 5, 2022. PA

LONDON—A judge has ruled an anonymity order protecting the identity of a police firearms officer who has been charged with the murder of Chris Kaba can be lifted, but not until Jan. 30, 2024.

The Recorder of London, Judge Mark Lucraft, KC, announced his decision on Monday after hearing legal submissions from Jude Bunting, KC, representing a number of media outlets.