Duggan Inquest: Officer Denies 'False Story' Claim

By Martin Brunt, Crime Correspondent

The detective in charge of the Mark Duggan case has denied he had helped put out a "false story" that the suspect was killed during a shoot-out with firearms officers.

Acting superintendent Michael Foote told an inquest jury he was informed by his deputy that Mr Duggan had been shot and a gun had been found.

He passed the information on to a senior officer.

But the Duggan family lawyer, Michael Mansfield QC, showed the inquest jury a note handwritten by the more senior officer, which read: "Apparently, Mark Duggan came towards officers firing."

Mr Mansfield asked: "Did you tell [the senior officer] that?"

DCI Foote said: "No, I don't recall saying that."

A handgun allegedly carried by Mark Duggan when he was killed

Mr Mansfield went on: "Was a false story put out, even at 6.30pm? At the time there was a good deal of publicity that Duggan was shot during an exchange of fire with the police.

"Did it come as a surprise when you read that?"

DCI Foote said: "Yes it did, because I wasn't aware ... I didn't know at the time how the officer got shot. It was an unknown quantity."

The inquest had earlier heard officers fired twice at Mr Duggan. One bullet went through his bicep and lodged in the police radio of one of the firearms officers, while the other fatally injured Mr Duggan.

DCI Foote said he thought the operation in which Mr Duggan was shot dead by police had "gone as planned, though with tragic consequences".

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He said he had considered what lessons should be learned, but could not think of any except he should have kept a note of the conversations he later had with colleagues.

The inquest at the Royal Courts of Justice has heard that Mr Duggan was shot as he emerged from a minicab that police had forced to stop in Tottenham, North London, in August 2011.

Police suspected he had earlier collected a gun and they opened fire because they thought he had pointed a gun at them, jurors were told.

A handgun wrapped in a sock was found between 10 and 20ft from his body, the inquest heard.

Cross-examining DCI Foote, Mr Mansfield said: "These tragic events were the result of flawed police planning that was based on failures by you and others to properly assess accurate intelligence.

"That in turn was the result of deficient supervision."

Mr Mansfield said officers could have intercepted Mr Duggan an hour earlier when they believed he was travelling to collect a gun.

The inquest continues.

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