Man guilty of murdering UK police sergeant Matiu Ratana - BBC News
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- čas přidán 22. 06. 2023
- A man has been found guilty of murdering a London Metropolitan Police sergeant by shooting him in the chest with an antique gun he had smuggled into a custody centre.
Sgt Matiu Ratana, 54, died of a chest wound after being hit by two bullets at Croydon's Windmill Road custody block on 25 September 2020.
Louis De Zoysa, 25, had claimed diminished responsibility, but a jury ruled he had acted deliberately. He will be sentenced next month.
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How the hell did this guy get a gun into a custody suite in the first place. There needs to be BIG, BIG questions about police procedures and practices here. RIP
Stop an search, racist innit
Easy people not doing their jobs. They didn't even get a written warning for failing the search, that lead to death.
For real
How could a search have missed a gun during AN arrest ?!
A mind buggling case with high suspicion!
@@ao4514 When they find the bullets that alone should have made them search him more thoroughly not doing there job right crazy.
He was not properly searched. My condolences to the loved ones of Sergeant Matiu Ratana. 🙏🏽🕊️
After they found the bullets they should’ve searched better for the gun, unfortunately I believe the policemen were more worried about not getting backlash from offended minorities and being accused of abuse but the sensible thing to do was to strip him naked right there until they find that gun… finding the bullets was a very big hint that a gun was somewhere in the picture
He died in the line of duty paying the highest price for protecting the public. it's criminal that we are going to pay for this cowardly low life's treatment and care.
RIP Sergeant
@@kb4432 I agree. Worse this guy will be hailed a hero, making his own bullets and modifying a gun? inmates will lap it up even if guards dont.
Awful for the family, knowing Matt,s colegues let him down after 30 years of service.
@@jessicabates1223 A children robbed of their loving father. A society loses a dedicated public servant. You might think I'm being controversial, but in clearcut cases of murder such as this, Capital punishment should be prescribed.
@@kb4432 Sorry but no, I feel serving a sentance to its fullest is the punishment and consequence for the crime. I do get why you feel that way though.
Massive mistake by all the police involved in this search!
Not according to the "independent" police watch dog. According to them they did nothing wrong.
It`s what happens when foreigners are allowed in.
@@geeksworkshoptheyd never admit to nothing even I'd the proof was on camera
Whoever searched him has BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS and should've been be dismissed immediately
No, don't detract from the truth. He was killed by a Coward who engineered his own bullets to use this hidden small gun. He used the skills that society taught him to murder the very one that protects it. This blood stained low life is the only one responsible.
He was promoted as senior constable because he properly addressed the suspects pronoun.
@kioshiro482 That's what's wrong with these police departments. lol no accountability
Senseless..what could he gain? Such a loss.. sympathies to his family and friends
Yah i dont think he got some personal issues with the sergeant too.
He just got tired and hungry, thats it, with all thats happening and decided to shoot somebody with his gun.
Literally if he'd let them find the gun he'd have gotten 5 years out in 3 with good behaviour.
Now got 2 life sentences 1 being the whole life order and the second being shooting himself in the struggle giving himself brain damage so now wheelchair bound and needs a white board to speak.
Breathtaking levels of incompetence from the police. I'm speechless.
Standard national policing
I know the UK police training is really bad and poor quality training of candidates I think bleep test even been dumb down in recent years.
You would think that officers would search his body better when they found bullets. Common sense
Hello.... how are you doing today?
@@MichaelHernandez-fl5yq Shut up
In somewhere like London u would have thought they’d have a walk through metal detector in every custody suite. Crazy.
Wot I don’t understand that is when the police stopped him and found bullets but didn’t search him fully only iff they did there job properly the officer would still be alive to this day R.I.P🙏
*what
So sorry New Zealand brothers...We let you down...Thinking of the family at this time...From the UK
Condolence. Prayers for Family🙏
it does not explain how the Police missed a metal gun. And, did the BBC have to disclose the brother's criminal past - nothing to do with anything!
Might explain how he had access to a gun
Open your ears and mind. It said he spent time in prisons it didn’t say which capacity. He could of been a warden or delivery driver. I’ve spent time in prisons as a contractor not a criminal.
@@billybigbollox if they were being that obtuse they would basically be lying. I know it's the BBC but even they have some semblance of maintaining the logic of meaning.
Where is the explanation of how the firearm remained undetected? Why was the suspect not walked through a metal detector? Is that not standard practice?
No. A wand is used.
You can see one of the officers holding a wand, just before he was gonna be searched in the cell.
Who isn’t on the spectrum these days ffs. I get the feeling this is being a diagnosis that’s handed out every 5 mins.
With all respect, how on earth experienced, trained policeman DID allow to happened?!
Simple, he was feeling confident in his effort and paid for it.
Why would you have bullets and not a gun, common sense should have told officers to continue search to find the gun. So absolutely tragic!!!
How could they miss such a big holster in their initial search? Let this be a lesson to everyone: do the job thoroughly to avoid future tragedies like this. May this police officer rest in peace and my his memory be a blessing.
I can guarantee they half-assed the inspection because they deemed this guy to be 'safe' due to his shy demeanor and forthcoming-ness about the cannabis in his bag. Never underestimate anyone. The most dangerous are the ones you don't expect.
@@AF-ib3nl so very very true, they underestimated this guy and it turned to tragedy
I remember this case how sad. POS ruin good peoples lives all the time 😢
CLOSE.THE borders
You find bullets but can't find a firearm in his waist?
Wasn’t in his waist
useless as ever.
Apparently it was secreted in a shoulder holster under his armpit.
Did you even listen to the video? 🤡😂
@leddielive Oh in that case. No wonder the police didn't find it. Never mind. What police would look there?
how sad this to happen my sympathy for his family
The two police officers who arrested the suspect should be held accountable for incompetent work and prosecuted. But I doubt this will happen as the British police force is corrupt and a law unto itself.
RIP Sergant we thank u for u service and sacrifice may god and blessing be with ur family throuth ur absence
Moe mai ra Matiu Ratana. All New Zealand are proud of you sir may your memory live on.
Firstly Rip to the custody Sargent, secondly there should be some investigation as to how a gun was not found in a search of the man. Thirdly there’s no way you could possibly say the shooter was mentally stable.
A sad day for everyone involved
My deepest condolences
Police need to search properly especially when the copper found bullets on him.
How can they defend those officers who did not do job properly??
I think the fact someone can buy a gun online in the uk without any form of licence is ridiculous. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was the us, but here? Really?
Exactly rubbish
The police must of been quite careless to of missed his gun.
he would have got 5 years got out in 2 n half but did what he did now his doing life 🤯
R.I.P 🙏🙏🙏🙏
More like 4 still a long time nevertheless
How was he let into a cell with a gun
This makes me chuckle so much
Very sad for the police officer and his family may God help his family 🙏
Wait, he was stopped for a routine search, was found with bullets and still managed to smuggle in a gun? Very sorry for the officer and his family but that is incompetence on the part of the other officers.
The more I hear about British police that their cases get botched, don't do their work thoroughly,are sloppy, the justice system seems weak and not particularly just, the more I wonder how rigorous their training and ethics are. Condolences to the policeman and a terrible tragedy for him and his family. Seems the police should stand.up and get more professional training in all areas.
They are very well trained and organised, but it doesn't translate into good policing.There are 'things' going on, which make them act in this way
I watched UK prisons the other day the saddest thing is how men aren't getting right support with mental health or addiction in UK prisons. but even more frustrating is that there more knives and weapons in prison than there are on the streets init.
5:34. the ones he was detained by at the scene did not discuss with the officers they passed him on to. If they had searched him in between change over or whatever its called.I suppose a bit more
thoroughly. such a sad thing
Smuggled? He was cuffed searched then brought into the holding cell, the arresting police were thick as sh!t and should be fired as they acted like clowns with badges, how could not see a large foot long gun? Pathetic
"his brother who has a criminal record in New Zealand and has spent time behind bars"
One of many examples of the victim being smeared by the unbiased BBC .
The perpetrators family background unmentioned.
Thankyou to that brave sergeant and my condolences to his family.
Britain that I knew, is no more than a memory.
The murderer’s father had a history of domestic violence, they say.
S*it happens...
*Sighs...*
Inept policing cost the poor guy his life
Stop and searched the wrong one. Sad
Ridiculous statement.
Incompetence at its finest. Have the officers who failed to do their job correctly at the cost of a man’s life, been disciplined? No. Beyond belief but I’m not at all surprised.
A very sad and needless death.
When it's public get murdered, they always screw up, one of their own, they quick on it, and officers that searched him should be charged
Why was this young man even making his own bullets what was going on?
Beyond crazy this even happened! 😮
Armed response should have been called the moment they found the bullets. Bullets suggests a gun somewhere, even if the officers found it they wouldn't have been trained in making it safe. They also had no way of defending themselves if he decided to start firing at that point.
Am I really the only person in the world that thinks this is a tradgedy for ALL involvved including the now permanently disabled perpetrator?
All I see are just bloodthirsty revenge comments that don't seem to understand how quickly this happened
To answer your question, yes you are possibly the only person in the world to feel sorry for a ‘disabled’ defendant who shot and murdered a man days away from retirement.
I don’t care what his disability is, taking a life is something that can’t be forgiven in my book.
Exactly!
@@billybigbolloxhe had an autistic melt down trying to get away from these weirdos who harassed him over some weed... he's unable to reoffend yet he has to spend his whole life in jail , punishing his family NOT HIM...
@@handleisGGplainly you’ve never seen an ‘autistic meltdown’ if you believe what you saw was one! Stop being so disingenuous!
To the op…it didn’t happen ‘quickly’, it took a good bit of time and bone idle policing before it got to the stage where the custody sergeant was murdered.
weapons must be legalised
5 hour jury deliberation? He shot him in a cop shop. What was there to think about for 5 hours?
if that particular skin colour can be found guilty....
it was to do with the role his mental health.
I've grown up with family & friends on the autism spectrum & family & friends who are retired or serving police officers. He was showing absolutely no signs of being in the middle of an autistic meltdown. He was acting too calmly & deliberately. Had he been in the middle of an autistic meltdown, he would have been visibly distressed before he got to that point. But to use an autistic meltdown as an excuse sickens me. He still knows right from wrong. It's an insult to people on the autism spectrum & an insult to the officer he murdered & all his brothers & sisters on the force. I hope to goodness that he's given a sentence that gives justice to the officer & his loved ones.
he will 5 years to think about it lol
We don't have metal detectors in UK because crime such as this is so unusual
One is enough to warrant them! Or even the potential.
The police officers that searched this psychopath should be sacked on the spot. Unbelievable incompetence.
Make sure he gets a free house and benefits for the rest of his life when he gets out of jail
for once the police get to pay for their incompetence instead of the public
Only criminals would agree with the remarks you have made. Shame on you
@@kb4432 these are the same people who actively cover up grooming gangs,by their own admission and government
@@kb4432 not necessarily
Heartbreaking snd so careless and negligent of the police...
Nothing surprises me anymore. The home office has failed this man, they have blood on their hands.
I feel deeply sorry for the sergeant and his family and friends. However it’s ironic that police incompetence has this time come back to haunt them.
Were the officers sacked? I’ve made some mistakes at work but nothing near this scale.
They've been patted on the back for their quick response.
That's terrible 😢
An eye for an eye.
In this case, a firing squad
Rest in peace!!!
R.I.P. The consequence of Police officers malpractice and ineptness, particularly as they found bullets at point of search and consequent arrest would have been a cause in it's own right to search him even more thoroughly after handcuffing. This is a double tragedy that was 100% avoidable had they done their work correctly, particularly as there was no third party caused stress at the street at the time!
Rest in peace
This man should not be found guilty of murder he is clearly not of sound mind
This is insane to me. I could maybe understand if this was some modern, polymer, easily concealable sub-compact handgun. However this was a heavy, all-steel, 100+ year old revolver in a holster! How on earth was this not detected in any of their searches?
I've seen a video of another person who put his gun either in his waistband above his groin, or put it in his underwear and it somehow held it.
The cop did a search grabbing around the side pockets and the back pockets, but didn't grab the guys groin
@@justanobody0 Unfortunate, but one's "private" areas tend to be the most common place for hiding things! Criminals love stuffing thing down their pants and bras. This obviously should have been searched immediately, before he was even allowed in a police vehicle. This is elementary policing.
@@_ArsNova I understand that people hide stuff there
but is it to be expected that police officers need to grab the groin of every man
@@justanobody0I think only if they find cause to believe they have a weapon, like finding bullets etc…
@@ry1023.3 I guess they wouldn't have had cause in the other situation, because they didn't find bullets or anything else like that
An autistic learning how to shoot, what could go wrong?
They were able to identify the shooter thanks to the cameras in the holding cell, that's great policing. The officers on the scene thought it would be smart to take the gun away from the chap who had just shot one of them, better than forming a conga and skipping in circles around the confined space; smart, again! Brave, also, with no regard to safety as they left a cluncky old revolver on the killers person after searching him, so brave, too. Someone died which just proves how confused they were. They did so well in such stressful and difficult circumstances Just brilliant - like ninjas, don't mess with them, surgical precision, razor sharp. I know who to call if I feel I might be about to mis-gender someone online!
I hope he rots in jail
I’ve seen the video of the guy shooting the sarge it’s crazy how tf did he hide the gun under his arm pit then just straight up pulled it out and shot the guy ?
guess he was playing terminator that day
It's Prince purple rain
Bless Matiu Ratana and family RIP.
Why do they emphasise 'antique'....like some sort of mitigation?.....a gun is a gun!....strange ennit!
Well he clearly killed an innocent man... doing his job, no matter what others say.
Ok...he was not searched correctly at the inicial search, and should have been re-searched at the cell entrance.
However, this is a calculating man able to make components, have the mindframe to conceal it..(a gun) and ultimately use it....to a devastating effect.
It has nothing to do with his resulting disabilities..weather magnified or not....
He could have easily shot himself in the head prior to all this, and finish the matter.
Remember that he was able to get to his gun..
No he waited for that specific officer to enter.
That is clearly calculated.
RIPeace officer...
RIHell murderer.
I hope he gets life sentence
This is strange man like he wanted to be caught
I am not comfortable with this conviction, despite my deepest and most sincere sympathy to the victim and his family and friends. This feels to me that the MET are taking little responsibility for not searching this man properly. There is so little understanding from the general population about autism. That has to change.
this guy is at the low end of the spectrum, and leaning hard on it to TRY to get away with Murder, he's a bad actor he concealed HIS weapon HE pull the trigger in a police station SORRY not one once of sympathy . We miss understand nothing he made his OWN bullets what more do you need ....WOW!!!
The public are safer with this melter behind bars. He was carrying a weapon and ammunition. Clearly not someone you want walking openly just because autism isn't understood smh
Wow. Autism doesn't make someone a potential murderer. Way to push an extremely uneducated, negative stereotype.
Sorry. Autism is no excuse. He was functioning enough to do drugs, to carry a weapon, etc. Stop trying to make it a case of exceptionalism.
I'm autistic, that doesn't make me a serial killer, we know right from wrong!! FFS
He had the opportunity to shoot the two officers before and after arrest but didn't, and only went after a man about to retire in three months, something is well off.
Who is the officer that arrested him.negligence??
Who's to blame? Who's to blame? Not the police, that's who.
With knife crime off the scale I hope metal detectors are being used on the streets by cops.
Hotels have walk through metal detectors. Why can't police stations in high crime areas?
With all due sympathy, I don't understand why after finding the bullets that they didn't search further. Given the times we live in. RIP 🙏 🕯to the officer and peace to his family and colleagues and all those affected
why would he shoot the offiicer like that, he wouldn't gain anything from it and the officer hadn't done anything wrong. stupidity at a new level.
Smuggling a gun into a police station? Obviously more to this story than we will be told.
🦉🤔🧐
😯🤔 in it
Sorry but, If I had found bullets I would want to know if a gun was anywhere?
But easy to say if you are not there?
That the gun was in a shoulder holster and was not found is a bit crazy, almost as If the Blind School does the search training?
Rip the Sgt, horribly let down by his colleagues.
And the shooter, now to be kept for 40 years at public expense.
He had bullets on him omg people need to think to ensure their safety! Could bullets suggest he had a firearm? Should have been strip searched. Normal is not this!
if they can get a gun into a police custody suite in no a matter of time we,ll be like America
How can you praise the two who missed the gun in the search only in the police anyother job you would be sacked
Police sleeping on the job !!!
rest in peace
A very tragic case RIP to the officer but i also think the killers whole of life sentence is too harsh considering the fact he is disabled now so he's less of a threat than he was before and he killed 1 officer whereas if he killed a member of the public i dont think he wouldve been given such a sentence plus Harry Roberts killed 3 officers and was paroled after 48 years.
The officer(s) who failed to properly search the man needs to be held responsible. That is a monumental failure of duty that directly resulted in the death of a police officer. At minimum needs to be fired.
The only one responsible here is the deplorable individual who fired the gun.
In Russia or China no one do such crime. This is dirty western democracy crime. This is why people who follow Putin and Xi are children of god and those who follow democracy are children of devil.
No excuse, this is madness. The arresting officers are incompetent to say the least.
Not defending the guy but How can someone stand trial if they have brain damage?
Never careless
Always in full search throughout the body
so many mistakes, but these things do happen.
where ppl work mistakes will be made.
and yes some mistakes are more dangerous than others.
that does not make someone incompetent. it just makes them human.