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GB News presenter Michelle Dewberry clashed fiercely with former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie during a heated debate about whether defendants should be named in court cases.The pair locked horns over the case of Metropolitan Police officer Sergeant Martyn Blake, who was cleared of murder after fatally shooting Chris Kaba in 2022.READ THE FULL STORY HERE
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on this
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Well, armed police are on our streets every day. I'm no fan of police
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We know from over the past few years that things have come out about some officers
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their views on race, their views on women that are pretty appalling. But
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when it comes to the armed police, compared to the rest of the world, we have a pretty good record of our
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officers and how they don't just go in and discharge their guns. They are
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apprehending dangerous criminals, violent criminals, every day. As Calvin said earlier, actually
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you can go on YouTube. I often watch videos on YouTube of the police going and arresting people
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for entertainment. This officer, Martin Blake, was cleared in court. He then returned to work
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was promoted to inspector. I would presume that this internal trial now
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will, common sense will prevail and there will be no further action taken against him
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What this should do for the public who are critical of the police, as I am in most cases
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This is nice, it's nice because there's transparency. So anyone who says, well, the court said he did anything wrong
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but what do the police say? OK, well, the police can look into it and their independent commission can check it
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and they can say, actually, we think he acted lawfully and he says that he felt that his officers were in danger
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because from the video you see Chris Cabba, who was a violent criminal, ramming the car back and forth
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and you hope that common sense prevails and then everyone who has an issue with the decision
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can stand back and say, well, it was independently investigated and he's been let off
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I'll tell you what I have an issue with. I noticed you just named the man there and, of course, he was named by the court
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and I thought that was such an appalling thing to name that man He wasn found guilty of the crimes that were put to him In fact actually he was found innocent of the crime put to him I think it was such a scandal so disgraceful and inappropriate
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that that man was ever named. He is now hugely at risk and has been found in a court of law
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to be innocent. Yeah, no, I completely agree with you. But you've just named him again
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I deliberately don't do that. I've named him again because he's been named in the public court
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I think that's a ridiculous point, by the way. What, mine? Get out
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I warned you, with a break. No, no, I think it's a poor point. I mean, he appeared in front of the old Bailey
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I mean, and the truth about the matter is that when you appear
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at the senior court, you are going to be named. And it's always the case, and I'm glad it is
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because that's the way justice is seen. So I am pleased he was named
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You wouldn't be pleased if you were the person that was a public servant, that was operating in the duties that were requested of you
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that absolutely believed that you were innocent, that you were told to have gone for the premises of your job
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The point was that the CPS had decided that you had done something criminal
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and that a jury should decide whether you were guilty or not guilty of it
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So I'm afraid I think the argument collapses like that. There is an argument here, though, that the man had been absolutely tortured
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He's been tortured, I think it took three years of his life
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certainly two and a half years of his life, and finally he comes free, right
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and I love JJ's point that we have armed police and there are bad apples in every police force
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and in every walk of life. I would even think there might even be presenters out there
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to whom you wouldn't care to spend an evening with. You know what I mean
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