Sabina Rizvi was 25 when she was shot and killed outside Bexleyheath police station in south-east London in 2003.
A woman who was shot dead outside a police station 21 years ago was unlawfully killed, a jury has concluded.
The jury forewoman told the court: “On 20 March 2003, shortly after leaving Bexleyheath Police Station, Sabina Rizvi was shot by unidentified assailants whilst driving a vehicle on Watling Street, Bexleyheath and she died as a result of a gunshot wound to the neck.” “The criminal trial had not looked at whether the police at Bexleyheath police station were in any way implicated in what had happened.”
The coroner said there was insufficient evidence to find the police ought to have known there was a risk to her life or could have taken action to prevent it. He told the court Ms Rizvi was “caught up in the middle” of a plan to shoot Mr Williams, who was a criminal rival. Mr Williams was shot twice in the head – surviving but with significant brain injuries affecting his memory.