A misconduct hearing for a Metropolitan Police firearms officer who fatally shot a man during a foiled prison break nearly a decade ago has been discontinued.

The officer, known only as W80, shot Jermaine Baker during a Metropolitan Police operation to thwart a plot to spring two prisoners from a van near Wood Green Crown Court in north London in December 2015.

The marksman who pulled the trigger was investigated on suspicion of murder, but the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided not to charge him with any offence in 2017.

A public inquiry in 2022 concluded Mr Baker was lawfully killed. The inquiry heard Mr Baker was unarmed but an imitation firearm was found in the car used in the plot.

Police watchdog, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), directed that the

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