London riots: Shot man’s family to sue police
THE family of Mark Duggan are to sue Scotland Yard if he was given no chance to surrender before being shot dead.
As speculation grew that he never fired a shot, Duggan’s fiancee Semone Wilson, 29, vowed to take court action.
The mother of three spoke after it emerged a bullet in an officer’s radio was police-issue ammunition.
Duggan was tailed by the Yard’s CO19 firearms unit after police decided to arrest him, believing he was involved in the drugs trade. He was shot in Tottenham, north London, and it was initially believed he fired first.
The CO19 officer is thought to have fired twice, killing Duggan with one bullet while the second passed through his arm and into a colleague’s radio.
Ms Wilson said she was told about last Thursday’s events by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
She said: “If it is true, trust me, the police are going to get it. We will be suing them because they effectively executed him.” But the marksmen have never claimed they were shot at. The officer who opened fire believed his colleagues were in mortal danger.
If it is true, trust me, the police are going to get it.
Scotland Yard apologised for the way Duggan’s family heard about his death and said it was due to a mix-up between police and IPCC family liaison officers.
Contrary to rumours in Tottenham, it is believed the gun he was carrying was capable of firing live bullets. The IPCC said results of ballistics tests should be available today.