The man accused of killing Metropolitan Police Sgt. Matiu Ratana in a gunfight in south London has entered a not-guilty plea.
During a plea hearing at Northampton Crown Court, Louis De Zoysa, of Banstead, Surrey, denied killing Sgt. Ratana.
On September 25, 2020, Sgt. Ratana, 54, passed away from gunshot wounds at the Croydon Detention Center in South London.
De Zoysa, who was accompanied by an intermediary and was shown on video-link in a wheelchair with his right arm in a sling, entered his plea by holding up a whiteboard with the words “not guilty” scribbled on it.