Hackney Gazette

Island Gardens DLR station: Passenger dies weeks after fall

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Passenger dies three weeks after falling down stairs at DLR station - Hackney Gazette

British Transport Police (BTP) have confirmed that officers were called to the incident at Island Gardens DLR station just before 5.30pm on December 11.

The passenger sustained a head injury after falling down the stairs at the Isle of Dogs station, Transport for London (TfL) has said.

Paramedics took the customer to hospital, but they died there three weeks later on January 3.

A spokesperson for BTP said that the incident is “not being treated as suspicious” and that a file will be prepared for the coroner.

Chris Kaba shot gang rival in Oval Space Hackney nightclub

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Chris Kaba shot gang rival in Hackney nightclub days before police killing - Hackney Gazette

Neither the 24-year-old rapper’s gang history nor his criminal record was revealed in the trial of firearms officer Sergeant Martyn Blake after a senior judge ruled it had no bearing on the issues for jurors to decide.

A reporting restriction has now been lifted and it can now be revealed that Mr Kaba was linked to a shooting at the Oval Space Club in Hackney, and that the Audi Q8 the father-of-one was driving when he was shot in Streatham been linked to three previous gun incidents in 2022.