week shootings in less than a week before he was killed by police marksmen. martyn blake, who was cleared of his murder yesterday, will have all the latest reaction elsewhere. the prime minister is said to be angry over early release prisoners celebrating being picked up in rolls—royces and bentleys this morning , including one lag who morning, including one lag who said big up keir starmer. dear, oh dear. we'll be outside various prisons for all the latest reaction to that shambles . latest reaction to that shambles. and premier league clubs are demanding answers, as leaked whatsapp messages suggest that saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman controlled the october 2021 takeover of newcastle united. just what might be the consequences for the toon army if it is proved that there was direct involvement in the purchase? that's all coming up in your next hour. purchase? that's all coming up in your next hour . and not in your next hour. and not forgetting the archbishop of woke, as some people would call him, justin welby. he's

apologised for his great great, great, great grandfather's links to slavery and a council in worcester is considering giving seagulls the contraceptive pill to stop them breeding and swiping locals and tourists food from their hands. let me know what you think about all these stories. gbnews.com/yoursay. it's going to be a mega three hours and i'd love your company before we get stuck into the show, here's your news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> ben. thank you. good afternoon. it'sjust >> ben. thank you. good afternoon. it's just gone. 3:00. these are your headlines from the gb newsroom. it can now be reported chris kaba, who was shot dead by police in september 2022, was a major figure in one of london's most notorious gangs and was accused of being involved in two shootings just days before he died. court reporting restrictions have been lifted, revealing his ties to a nightclub shooting and a second incident with a gunshot residue and a balaclava found on him

when he died. police officer martyn blake was cleared of the 24 year old's murder yesterday after a jury acquitted him in just over three hours. kabas family say they are devastated over the verdict , vowing to over the verdict, vowing to continue their fight for justice. the independent office for police conduct is now considering whether blake will face disciplinary action. now more than 1000 prisoners are being released early today as part of the government's efforts to free up space in jails in england and wales, 1700 inmates were freed last month after warnings that as few as 80 prison spaces were available. currently, there are just over 2000 free spaces, but that number is expected to reach critical capacity again by next summer. the justice secretary, shabana mahmood, says the emergency measures had to be implemented because of the previous government's failures. >> the crisis in our prisons was, i believe, the greatest disgrace of the last

conservative government. they left our prisons on the point of collapse, a situation that would have forced us to close the prison doors, cancel all trials and force the police to halt their arrests. crime would have gone unpunished. victims would never have seen justice done , never have seen justice done, and we would have witnessed the total breakdown of law and order. the former prime minister knew he had to act. his lord chancellor begged him to do so, but instead he called an election. >> in other news, government borrowing has surged to its highest level since the pandemic, driven by public sector pay rises and rising interest rates on debt . interest rates on debt. borrowing. last month hit £16.6 billion, the third highest september on record, despite a rise in tax revenue. the office for national statistics says the gap between what the government took in and spent was less than expected, but still above forecasts for the year. treasury chief secretary darren jones defended the pay rises, saying strikes would have cost the

economy more. >> it was right to settle the strikes that were strife across pubuc strikes that were strife across public services under the last conservative government, because it was costing the economy and taxpayers £3 billion a year. but the budget on the 30th of october will get a grip of pubuc october will get a grip of public finances and start to fix the foundations, so we don't have to go through that trouble again in future years. >> police in ireland are searching a house in county louth as part of their murder investigation, after an eight year old boy went missing from his home. officers began forensic and technical examinations of the property this morning, despite examinations of the property this morning , despite extensive this morning, despite extensive searches elsewhere. no trace of kieran has been found and no arrests have yet been made. the search is focused on finding clues to the boy's whereabouts, focusing on his disappearance on the 30th of august. chief superintendent alan mcgovern has been giving a statement. >> despite extensive enquiries carried out by gardai to date, our garda siochana have been unable to either locate kieran, identify any information on his

current whereabouts or any evidence that he is currently alive . following enquiries to alive. following enquiries to date , investigators now believe date, investigators now believe that kieran is missing, presumed dead and the former ceo of abercrombie and fitch has been arrested on sex trafficking and prostitution charges in west palm beach in florida. >> that's to according reports. mike jeffries, along with his partner matthew smith, an alleged middleman, james jacobson, were taken into custody this morning. the arrests follow. an fbi investigation sparked by claims of the couple coerced young men into having sex at parties thrown for the american fashion brand. more details are expected to emerge in an upcoming press conference from the fbi and the prosecutor's office. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to ben for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news .com forward

slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you sophia. now it's all come out hasn't it? in the wash, the details have emerged because reporting restrictions have been lifted after a met police marksman was acquitted of the murder of chris kaba yesterday. it can now be reported that kaba was a core member of one of london's most dangerous gangs , and was accused dangerous gangs, and was accused of being involved in two shootings before he was killed. 40 year old martyn blake was acquitted after a three week trial at the old bailey yesterday. that was after shooting the 24 year old through the front windscreen of an audi in streatham, south—east london, on september. the fifth, 2022. our national reporter, charlie peters, has more and a warning that this report does contain some content that viewers may find distressing. >> on to. >> on to. >> this is the moment that a police stop by armed officers quickly led to a fatal shooting .

quickly led to a fatal shooting. what was meant to be a totally controlled intervention became chaotic. armed police. >> show me your hands. show me your hands . >> show me your hands. show me your hands. put yourself . your hands. put yourself. >> armed police surrounded kabas audi, but he attempted to smash himself free from the roadblock. kaba reversed, crashing into an unmarked police car behind before hitting sargeant martyn blake mark white vehicle at the front . he reversed again and front. he reversed again and then blake fired a single shot. the dramatic moments were captured by his body, worn camera . shots fired at the old camera. shots fired at the old bailey trial, an officer said that car shunting scenarios were too dangerous to train and that officers were told to avoid the area at the front of a car known

as the triangle of death. that was where blake and another officer were stood when he fired his fatal shot. the firearms officer said he feared his colleagues lives were at risk, but the prosecution said blake's decision was not reasonably justified or justifiable. >> he's going to try and go . >> he's going to try and go. >> he's going to try and go. >> they suggested the officer may have become angry, frustrated and annoyed before he pulled the trigger . blake denied pulled the trigger. blake denied that suggestion , telling jurors, that suggestion, telling jurors, i thought one of my colleagues was about to die. chris kaba's death sparked protests with a march in central london demanding justice for the 24 year old. man. but after three hours of deliberation , the hours of deliberation, the justice from the jury is that martyn blake was not guilty .

martyn blake was not guilty. charlie peters, gb news the old bailey. >> all right, let's go live now to charlie peters, who's outside the old bailey. good afternoon . the old bailey. good afternoon. charlie. chris kaba's family released a statement yesterday saying that the only thing police deliver to our communities is pain. well, it seems they haven't considered chris kaba's own behaviour of recent years. is it true that he would have faced trial for trying to kill a gangland rival if it weren't for his own death in september 2022? >> ben, that's absolutely right. and it's just the one of two shooting incidents that chris kaba was linked to in the days before his death, because it's also been revealed today as these reporting restrictions are lifted, that he was also a suspect in the shooting incident in brixton a night before that , in brixton a night before that, his car, the 1510 00:09: