Duggan police evidence flatly contradicted

It must have been a dramatic moment at the High Court during the inquest into the death of Mark Duggan when an eye witness -only known as Miss J- gave evidence in regards to the immediate aftermath of the Mark Duggan’s shooting.

On Tuesday the officer who shot Duggan swore on oath that Duggan had taken the gun and raised his arm in a manner that would indicate he was going to fire the gun.

However, Miss J's version of events were at odds with the officer's account. She stated that she saw an officer go inside the car come out with a gun, in her words ‘as if he’d found gold’, and then put the gun in a sock.

Under cross examination she insisted she was not a ‘mad woman’, and she had no reason to lie.

The Inquest continues.

Simon Woolley