Killer of Met Police sergeant loses conviction and sentence appeal bids

Man who shot Met Police sergeant Matt Ratana denied bid to challenge whole-life order

Man who shot Met Police sergeant Matt Ratana denied bid to challenge whole-life order - The man who murdered Metropolitan Police Sergeant Matiu "Matt" Ratana, has lost his bid to challenge his whole-life prison sentence at the Court of Appeal

Killer of Met Police sergeant loses conviction and sentence appeal bids

Sgt Ratana died in hospital after being struck by two bullets in a holding cell in Croydon

Met sergeant killer loses conviction and sentence appeal bids

De Zoysa was previously told he would die behind bars

Killer of Met sergeant Matt Ratana loses conviction and sentence appeal bids

Louis De Zoysa, 27, was given a whole life order in July 2023 after being convicted of Sgt Matt Ratana’s murder the previous month.

Judge rules on killer's bid to challenge conviction and sentence

He was jailed for life for killing Sgt Matt Ratana

A man given a whole-life order for murdering a police sergeant at Croydon Police Station has lost bids to challenge his conviction and sentence.

Louis De Zoysa from Banstead was told he’d die behind bars when he was sent to jail in 2023 for killing Met officer Matt Ratana in 2020. The 27 year old’s barristers argue he was wrongly deemed fit to stand trial at the time. 54 year old Sgt Ratana was shot in the chest and leg at Croydon custody centre by De Zoysa, who had smuggled an antique gun into the building following his arrest.