Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

UNBELIEVABLE: Su bushby - Caught on Camera

Matt Ratana: Partner of officer shot dead by prisoner hiding gun sues Met Police

Matt Ratana was murdered by Louis de Zoysa, who opened fire with an antique revolver at Croydon custody suite

Evening Standard · Mar 15, 2024

Matt Ratana's partner criticises officers’ ‘catalogue of serious failings’ and slams Met Police

Matt Ratana was murdered by Louis de Zoysa at Croydon custody suite in south London

Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2023

Partner of shot sergeant criticises officers’ ‘catalogue of serious failings’

Matt Ratana was murdered by Louis de Zoysa at Croydon custody suite in south London.

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2023

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Matt Ratana inquest: Officer ‘failed to correct colleague’s search method’ before murder

The Metropolitan Police sergeant was killed by Louis de Zoysa at Croydon custody suite in south London on September 25 2020

Evening Standard · Nov 2, 2023

Officer ‘failed to correct colleague’s search method’ before Matt Ratana murder

The Metropolitan Police sergeant was killed by Louis de Zoysa at Croydon custody suite in south London on September 25 2020.

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2023

Matt Ratana’s partner tells inquest of grief as paramedics describe ‘carnage’

Sergeant Ratana was killed on September 25 2020 by Louis de Zoysa, 26, who opened fire with a revolver at Croydon custody suite in south London.

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2023

Sergeant Matt Ratana’s killer Louis De Zoysa sentenced to rest of his life in prison for murder

Judge said the murder of Sgt Ratana by Louis De Zoysa was planned, premeditated, and carried out ‘in cold blood’

Evening Standard · Jul 27, 2023

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Brother of cop shot dead in custody suite accuses Met Police force of a cover-up

De Zoysa was still handcuffed when he shot Sgt Ratana at the Croydon custody block in South London, after being stopped and searched in nearby Norbury and found with seven rounds of ammunition

Daily Mirror · Jun 25, 2023

Met officer Matt Ratana due to retire and get married months after murder at police station

After joining the Met Police in 1991, Sergeant Matt Ratana returned to New Zealand working with the British High Commission wing of the New Zealand police in 2003, before returning to the UK in 2008

Daily Mirror · Jun 23, 2023

Gun fanatic faces life term after being found guilty of custody officer’s murder

Louis De Zoysa claimed he did not mean to shoot Sergeant Matt Rattan despite aiming two shots while handcuffed in a holding cell.

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2023

Matt Ratana death was ‘catalyst’ for new search measures across Met Police

Sgt Ratana, 54, died of a chest wound after being hit by two bullets at Croydon’s Windmill Road custody block in the early hours of September 25 2020.

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2023

Man guilty of murdering cop Matt Ratana with hidden antique gun at police station

Sgt Matt Ratana was just weeks from retirement when he was shot by Louis de Zoysa in a custody station in Croydon in September 2020

Daily Mirror · Jun 23, 2023

Coverage From

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

British High Commission

25 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.