Mark Duggan was lawfully killed despite not having a gun in his hand when he was shot by police, an inquest jury has found.
A majority of eight jurors to two found police were acting legally when they fatally shot the 29-year-old in August 2011 in Ferry lane, Tottenham, yards from the border with Walthamstow.
However, jurors at the Royal Court of Justice today also found he was not holding a gun at the time, and had probably discarded it before the taxi he was travelling in was stopped by police.
A gun was later found 20ft away from where he was killed.
Kevin Hutchison was last year convicted of supplying Mr Duggan with a gun in Leyton on the day he was killed.
Mr Duggan’s killing sparked riots in Tottenham which spread across London and other English cities.
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